Sangean SIR-300 User manual

SIR-300

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Contents

Introduction ...................................................................................... 3-7

Before you can use this product ...................................................... 3-4

Controls and connections ............................................................... 5-6

Navigation controls ............................................................................ 7

Network conguration ................................................................... 8-16

Connecting your radio to your computer network ......................... 8-15

Network remote control options ....................................................... 16

Internet Radio mode .................................................................... 17-31

Internet Radio-the basics ................................................................. 17

Selecting a radio station by location and genre .......................... 18-20

Searching for a radio station by name ............................................. 21

Searching a new or popular station ................................................. 22

Selecting a podcast / BBC Listen Again .......................................... 23

Presetting stations ........................................................................... 24

Display modes ................................................................................. 26

Customizing your radio .................................................................... 27

Selecting favorite stations ........................................................... 29-31

Music Player mode ...................................................................... 32-48

Use with Windows, Apple Mac and Linux ........................................ 31

Accessing your les via UPnP .................................................... 32-33

Locating and playing media les using UPnP .................................. 34

Media selection ................................................................................ 35

Controlling playback ........................................................................ 36

Display modes ................................................................................. 38

Playlists ............................................................................................ 39

Wake On LAN .................................................................................. 42

Prune servers .................................................................................. 42

Windows 7 ‘Play to’ function (UPnP renderer) ............................ 43-44

Using USB memory devices ....................................................... 45-46

DAB mode .................................................................................... 47-55

Selecting a DAB radio station .......................................................... 48

Display modes ................................................................................. 49

Finding new DAB radio stations ...................................................... 50

Manual Tuning ................................................................................. 51

Dynamic Range Control Settings ..................................................... 52

Station order setup .......................................................................... 53

Prune stations ................................................................................. 54

FM mode ....................................................................................... 55-60

Manual tuning .................................................................................. 56

Scan setting ..................................................................................... 58

Stereo / Mono switching .................................................................. 59

Presetting stations in DAB and FM modes ...................................... 60

Listening to Spotify ..................................................................... 61-64

Clock and Alarms ......................................................................... 65-75

Automatically updating the clock ...................................................... 65

Setting the clock format ................................................................... 66

Manually setting the clock ........................................................... 67-68

Setting the alarm clock ............................................................... 69-71

Snooze timer .................................................................................... 73

Disabling alarms .............................................................................. 73

Sleep timer ....................................................................................... 74

Inactive standby ............................................................................... 75

Display and Auto .......................................................................... 76-81

Equalizer function ............................................................................ 76

Brightness control ............................................................................ 78

Language selection .......................................................................... 79

Headphone socket and Line out socket ........................................... 80

Auxiliary input socket ....................................................................... 81

Information ................................................................................... 82-90

Factory reset .................................................................................... 82

Software update ............................................................................... 83

Network proles ............................................................................... 84

Software version display and Audio FAQ ......................................... 85

Accessing your audio files via a UPnP server using Windows Vista

and XP ........................................................................................ 86-87

Audio codecs ................................................................................... 88

Cautions and Specications ....................................................... 89-90

Before you can use this product

Battery operation

Before you can use your internet radio, you must have the following:

● A broadband Internet connection (not required for DAB, FM or Music

Player functions).

● A wireless access point (WiFi) connection connected to your broadband

Internet Service Provider, preferably via a router. In many cases the

broadband modem, router and wireless access point will be a single

combined unit supplied by your Internet Service Provider or bought

from a computer store.

● If your wireless network is congured to use Wired Equivalent Privacy

(WEP) or WiFi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) data encryption then

you either need to know the WEP, WPA or WPA2 key used for encryption

so you can get the internet radio to communicate with the network, or

your router needs to offer WiFi Protected Setup (WPS).

If connecting using WiFi, the internet radio will typically work within a

10-20 metre radio from your wireless access point. The actual range

achieved will depend upon the building type, other nearby wireless

network, and possible interference sources. DAB and FM radio

functions can operate wherever the internet radio is able to receive a

suitable broadcast signal.

IMPORTANT:

Before you continue, make sure that your wireless access point or router

is powered up and working with your broadband Internet service (use your

computer to verify this). To get this part of the system working you must

read the instructions supplied with the wireless access point or router.

Battery operation using alkaline batteries

1. Remove the battery cover on the rear of the unit by pressing the catch.

Note:

Before you insert the batteries, if you use non-rechargeable batteries,

make sure the NiMH/Alkaline switch which located inside the battery

compartment is switched to Alkaline position. If you use rechargeable

batteries, make sure to switch NiMH/Alkaline switch to NiMH position.

2. Insert six UM-2 (C size) batteries into the spaces in the compartment.

3. Take care to ensure all batteries are inserted with correct polarity as

shown on the rear cabinet. Replace the battery cover.

4. Reduced power, distortion and a “stuttering sound” are all signs that

the batteries need replacing.

5. If the radio is not to be used for any extended period of time, it is

recommended that the batteries are removed from the radio.

IMPORTANT:

The batteries shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine,

re or the like.

Battery operation using rechargeable batteries

Using the AC power adaptor

Slide the battery switch to the NiHM position.

Insert 6 UM-2 batteries into spaces in the compartment. Make

sure all batteries are inserted with the correct polarity as shown on

the rear cabinet. The radio is also designed to be used with NiMH

rechargeable batteries.

Note:

Do not use a mix of old and new rechargeable batteries.

Do not use a mix of full and empty rechargeable batteries.

Do not use batteries that have a different mAh capacity

Do not use damaged or leaking batteries

Make sure the radio is switched off and connected to the AC adaptor.

When the charge indicator flashes yellow indicating batteries are

charging. Batteries will be fully charged in around 10 hours. The battery

shows steady yellow light when the battery charging is complete.

Note:

Duration for charging your battery fully can be varied according to

the mAh capacity of a battery. Higher mAh batteries required longer

charging time.

Important:

Under some conditions the charging LED indicator may switch off

after flashing briefly. This may happen if the batteries are already

freshly charged, or if the radio detects that you may be attempting

to recharge alkaline batteries or mixed different types or capacity of

rechargeable battery. In these cases the charging will be stopped.

The AC power adaptor required for this unit should be 12 volts DC at 1A

center pin positve.

Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket on the left side of the radio.

Plug the adaptor into a standard mains socket outlet.

Whenever the adaptor is used, the batteries are automatically

disconnected. The AC adaptor should be disconnected from the main

supply when not in use.

Controls and connections

1. USB memory socket

2. Mode button

3. LCD display

4. Info button

5. Menu button

6. Back button

7. Forward button

8. Standby button

9. Battery charge indicator / Low battery indicator

10. Tuning Control Rotary / Select knob

11. Volume Control Rotary / Mute

12. Preset 5 / Stop button

13. Preset 4 / play / pause button

14. Preset 3

15. Preset 2 / Rewind button

16. Preset 1 / Fast-forward button

17. Loud speaker

18. Handle

19. FM telescopic aerial

20. Auxiliary input jack

21. Line out jack

22. Headphone jack

23. DC in jack

24. Alkaline / NiMH / NiCad rechargeable battery switch

Navigation controls

This page describes the basic means of controlling your SIR-300 internet radio.

Instructions for each operating mode are given in the later section of this book.

1. Pressing the

Standby

button brings your radio out of Standby mode. Pressing Standby while

the radio is in use will cause it to return to the Standby mode with the clock display.

2. Pressing the

Mode

button gives you access to each of the operating modes: Internet Radio,

DAB+ radio, Music player, FM radio and Auxiliary Input.

3. Pressing the

button will access the menu system, whereas the Info button allows the

display of information relating to the radio station or music le being played.

4. Many operations require the user to make a selection from the menu. Highlight the menu item

using the

Tuning Control Rotary

on the right side of the radio. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to select that item. If there are more than ve items in a menu, then the display will automatically

scroll up or down so that the additional items become visible. If there are many items in a menu,

then the radio allows the menu to “wrap around” in either direction. This can make it easier to

reach items at the end of a long menu, such as a list of countries or Internet radio stations.

5. If an error is made when navigating the menus, it is generally possible to go back to a higher

level menu by pressing the

Back

button.

Main menu

Internet radio

Spotify Music player DAB FM

Conguration

Connecting your radio to your computer network

1. Place your radio on a at surface and plug the mains lead into the mains socket located on the

left side of your radio ensuring that the plug is pushed fully into the socket.

2. Plug the other end of the mains lead into the wall socket and switch on the wall socket.

IMPORTANT:

The mains plug is used as the means of connecting the radio to the mains supply.

The mains socket used for the radio must remain accessible during normal use.

In order to disconnect the radio from the mains completely, the mains plug should be removed

from the mains socket outlet completely.

3. When you apply power, the display on the radio will light up and say: 'SANGEAN'. The rst

time that you use your radio (or after Factory Reset) the display will show “Setup wizard” and

“YES” will be highlighted on the screen. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to start the setup

wizard. The screen will ask if you wish to run the setup wizard again at the next start up. This

will lead to the main menu.

4. Rotate the

clock format (either 12 or 24 hour) then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

on the right hand side of the unit to highlight the desired

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter your selection.

A menu allowing you to specify the auto update option for the clock will appear on the display.

The default of ‘Update from Network’ will be the best option for most users.

3,4

WELCOME TO

DIGITAL RADIO

Setup wizard

Start now?

Date/Time

12/24 hour format

Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to choose an auto-update option for the clock. This can be updated from DAB or FM radio, from the Network, or not updated. The default is to auto update from the network. If you choose any other option, go to step 8. Otherwise you will rst need to select the correct time zone and daylight savings setting, see steps 6 and 7. If you choose “No update” you will need to set the clock manually later( see the section of ‘Manually setting the clock’). Press the

Rotate the location. Press the

You will then need to set the Daylight Savings option according to your location (Daylight

Tuning Control Rotary

Savings is also known as Summer/Winter time ). Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm your choice.

to highlight the time zone which is applicable to your

to enter the setting.

Tuning Control Rotary

highlight “YES” to turn on daylight savings if required or ‘NO’ if you do not wish to use daylight

savings then press the

You will then need to set 'Keep network connected.' By default, your radio will shut down its

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting.

WiFi connection when it is in standby. This minimizes power consumption but it does mean that you will need to switch that radio on manually in order to use either the 'Play to' function or any other remote control software. If you need to be able to remotely control the radio

even when it has been put into standby, then rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight

'YES' to activate this function or 'NO' to deactivate this function. you can also choose to keep the network connected by using the ‘Keep connected’ option in the network setting menu. In the standby mode display either the WiFi signal indicator is shown with or without a cross through it according to the chosen network settings.

The display will then show a list of WiFi regional options for the network set up. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight the required region and then press the Tuning Control

Rotary to select it. Your radio will then scan for available WiFi networks.

5-9

Wlan region

Most of Europe

SSID

Smith Jones [Rescan] [Manual config]

Auto update

Update from DAB Update from FM

Update from Network

No update

Set timezone

UTC+00:00:Dublin,Lon

UTC+00:30: UTC+01:00:Madrid,Arr... UTC+01:30: UTC+02:00:Athens,Ca...

Network settings

Keep network connected?

Network settings

Network wizard Scanning...

10.

The radio will enter the Network Settings Wizard and will display ‘Scanning…’. After a short while the display will show a list of the available WiFi networks.

11.

You will rst need to identify your network in the list of network names presented by the Network Wizard. If no networks are found then you may have to get your wireless router working (please see the instructions supplied with it) or you may be too far from the router. When the radio nds your wireless network, it displays the Network Name (SSID) for the wi-

reless access point on the screen. This is a name that is allocated to the access point in your

router by the person who set up the network – for example: ‘Jones family’ or ‘Paul’s network’. If the router supports WiFi Proteced Setup, then ‘[WPS]’ will be shown in front of the SSID. It is possible, and in some locations highly likely, that your radio will nd more than one wireless network, in which case you should choose which one you need to connect to.

12.

Rotate the Tuning Control Rotary to see the SSID for each wireless network that has been found. If your network is shown proceed to step 14. If it is not shown then proceed to step 12. If you make a mistake at any point, use the Back button to go back to the previous screen.

13.

If your network is not found, it may be because the router is congured not to broadcast the SSID. You should then use the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight and select the ‘[Manual cong]’ option in order to enter the network details manually. This is described in ‘Manual Network Conguration”. If your network name is being broadcast, and it was not found, then try re-scanning press the Back button), and if necessary try moving your radio to a location closer to your access point / router.

14.

When the SSID for the wireless network you wish to connect to is highlighted on the screen,

press the

Tuning Control Rotary

. If WiFi Pretected Setup (WPS) was indicated, you will see an additional menu at this point, otherwise proceed to step 14. choose one of the WPS menu options as required for your router (WPS may be via push button, or using an identication number). ‘Push Button’ – the display prompts you to press the WPS button on your router and then the Select button on the radio. The two devices should then connect with the encryption key sent

automatically to the radio.

‘PIN’ – the display shows an identication number which you must enter into your router using a web browser (refer to your router’s user documentation). You should then press the

Select button on the radio.

‘Skip WPS’ – if you wish to enter the encryption key yourself (or if it was previously Entered). If you choose Push Button or PIN the screen will then show ‘Connecting…’ and then ‘Setup wizard completed’. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to exit setup wizard.

11-13

11,12

SSID

Jones family

[WPS]Paul’s network Smith [Rescan] [Wired]

SSID

[WPS]Paul’s network Smith [Rescan] [Wired]

[Manual config]

WPS Menu

Push Button

PIN Skip WPS

Network settings

Please wait Connecting...

> >

15.

If your network is congured without an encryption key, the screen should say ‘Connecting…’, and then ‘Setup wizard completed’. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to exit the setup wizard and show the main menu. If this is the case then you have successfully connected your radio to your network.

16.

If the screen displays ‘Key’ , it is because the network is using one of the encryption systems: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or WiFi Protected Access (WPA). You will need to enter the correct WEP or WPA key into the radio to allow it to communicate with your wireless network. If you do not have the WEP or WPA key, then you should obtain it from the person who set up your network. Some wireless routers may come with an encryption key already set up by the supplier, in which case you should refer to the documentation provided with it. WPA is used here to also include WPA2. WEP keys are 10 or 26 characters long (using 0 – 9, and A – F). Some wireless Routers can also use pass-phrases for WEP but these are not supported. WPA keys are usually set up using a pass-phrase of between 8 and 63 characters. Your radio accepts pass-phrases for WPA keys.

Setup wizard

completed

Press SELECT to exit

Main menu

Internet radio

Spotify Music player DAB FM

Key:

17.

To enter the WEP or WPA key, characters are selected and entered using the

Control Rotary

. The highlight scrolls through the available characters as well as the three

controls on the right. The character currently highlighted will be entered when you press the

Tuning Control Rotary

. Do this as needed until the complete key has been entered. Remember, WEP keys only use the numbers 0-9 and letters A-F. WPA keys are sensitive to upper and lower case characters. You must enter the key exactly or the radio will not connect to the network. The three controls on the right-hand side of the screen have special functions. You can quickly access these by pressing the

Select buttons

as needed:

Info button

and then use the Up or Down and

select ‘ ’ to erase a character just entered select ‘ ’ when the complete key has been entered select ‘ ’ to cancel an re-run the Network Wizard If a WEP or WPA key has previously been entered for the selected SSID then the display will show ‘Key: [Set]’. If you have previously entered a different key, you must clear this by selecting the ‘ ’ symbol. This will remove the ‘[Set]’ indication. After the nal character of the WEP or WPA key has been entered, highlight the ‘ ’ symbol

and press the

wizard completed’. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

. Then screen will show ‘Connecting…’ and then ‘Setup

to exit setup wizard. The radio should

now be able to connect to the network.

Tuning

Network settings

Network wizard Scanning...

Setup wizard

completed

Press SELECT to exit

18. Once you have connected your radio to the network (and therefore also to the Internet) it will

display the main menu. Press the

It should then display the time as obtained from the Internet. If the time display is not correct

for any reason, it can easily be adjusted later, see ‘Manually setting the clock’. If you have fol-

lowed the steps on the preceding pages successfully, your radio will have connected to your

router, and then made a connection to the Internet and set its clock. If this is the case, then

you can try listening to radio stations via the Internet.

Note:

To save the radio power consumption while your radio is powered with battery, the radio will

turn off fully when put into standby mode. As a result, if you switch off your radio when it is

power supplied with battery, next time when your radio is switched on, the time on the screen

will be reset and show as ‘00:00’. However, as soon as the radio connects with WiFi, the time

will update automatically from the network.

Tuning Control Rotary

to put the radio in Standby mode.

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15:37

Changing the network connection

In the sections above, you chose how your radio would be connected to your network, using a WiFi connection. From time to time, you may nd that you need to connect to different computer networks. The Internet setup menu allows you to change your radio’s network settings, scan for an alternative wireless network, or to manually congure the network parameters. The steps outlined below describe how you can do this –see also the section ‘Network Proles’.

Conguring the radio to use an alternative WiFi connection

From the Network settings menu select ‘Network wizard’. This will present you with details of any WiFi networks that are found. Scroll down the list using the Tuning Control Rotary to the desired network name. Press

Tuning Control Rotary

to select this network. The radio will then use its WiFi system to communicate with the network. Depending on the settings for the new network you may need to enter an encryption key. By default the radio will then acquire an IP address and other network settings from your router using DHCP.

Manual network conguration

Internet radio

Last listened Station list

System settings

Main menu

System settings

Brightness Contrast Equaliser

Network

Time/Date

Network settings

Network wizard View settings Wlan region

Manual settings

Network profile

Connection type

Wireless

1/9

> >

If you do not wish to use DHCP for automatic conguration, or if your network is congured with a hidden SSID, then you will need to enter some network settings manually. (Note – a hidden SSID may prevent casual observers from detecting your network, but is not recommended as a means of network security.)

1. From the radio Network settings menu, select ‘Manual settings’. You must then choose to connect using ‘Wireless’ connections. Entering this option, there are as many as nine settings screens, shown by the ‘1 of 9’ progress marker in the top right corner of the display.

2. The next menu asks whether you wish to use DHCP to configure your network parameters (IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, etc). Unless you are familiar with networking and related terminology, we recommend that you allow the use of DHCP. Choose ‘DHCP enable’ unless you need to specify the network details manually. If you chose ‘DHCP enable’, please skip to step 6 in order to set up the wireless connection details. If you chose ‘DHCP disable’ for either connection method, the next step is to set up the IP address.

DHCP

DHCP enable

DHCP disable

IP settings 3/9

IP address

192

168 1 25

Subnet mask

255

255 255 0

Gateway address 4/9

Grteway address

192

168 1 1

2/9

The manually specied IP address should be chosen to be compatible with the settings in your router and must be a unique address on your network. If you are using DHCP for some devices and static (manually congured) IP addresses for others, the IP address used should fall outside the range that the router may allocate using DHCP. Typically, the rst three groups of digits will be the same for all devices on your network. To enter the IP address, rotate the Tuning Control Rotary to set the value for each group of digits and then press the

Control Rotary

to enter the value and to move on to the next group. When the IP address has

Tuning

been entered, the subnet mask should be entered. The subnet mask denes which parts of the IP address are common across your network. For most small networks the subnet mask

will be 255.255.255.0 and this is entered in the same way.

The Gateway address is normally the IP address of the router through which the radio

connects to the internet and is entered in the same way as the previous addresses.

In most installations the DNS settings (DNS = Domain Name Server) will be set to the same IP address as your router. In this case the secondary DNS may be left at zero. To enter the DNS

address, rotate the press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the value and to move on to the next group. Repeat

to set the value for each group of digits and then

this until all eight groups of digits have been entered.

The next step is to set up the WiFi connection, starting with the name of the wireless network (SSID) followed by the encryption options and password. To enter the SSID, characters are selected and entered using the Tuning Control Rotary The radio scrolls through the available

characters as well as the three controls on the right. The character currently highlighted will be entered when you press the

Tuning Control Rotary

. Do this as needed until the complete network name has been entered. The SSID setting is sensitive to upper and lower case characters and symbols.

You must enter it exactly as set up in your router. The three controls on the right-hand side of

the screen have special functions:

select ‘ ’ to erase a character just entered select ‘ ’ when the complete SSID has been entered select ‘ ’ to cancel and go back to the DNS settings screen

Having entered the SSID, you must enter details of the encryption system used on your wireless network. This should be the same as specied in your router settings. If your network does not use encryption, then select the ‘Open’ option. Your radio should then connect to the network, so skip to step 11. If your network uses WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) select the ‘Pre-Shared Key’ option then go to step 8. The remaining options are for WPA or WPA2 (WiFi Protected Access) – see step 9.

DNS

Primary DNS

192

168 1 1

Secondary DNS

0 0 0

SSID

Authentication

Open Pre-Shared Key WPA WPA2

Encryption type

Disabled WEP

5/9

6/9

7/9

8/9

9/9Key:

If you chose ‘Pre-Shared Key’ in step 7, you should then choose the WEP option. The key should be entered using only the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F. The key will be 10 characters long for 64-bit encryption and 26 characters long for 128-bit encryption. The radio will accept lower-case letters a-f as equivalent to upper-case A-F. Spaces or special symbols are not permitted in WEP keys.

The three controls on the right-hand side of the screen have special functions:

select ‘ ’ to erase a character just entered (long press to clear); Info again to continue select ‘ ’ when the complete encryption key has been entered select ‘ ’ to cancel and go back to the SSID settings screen Once the key is entered the radio should connect to your network. Please skip to step 11.

WPA and WPA2 are similar, although WPA2 offers a higher level of security. Whichever you selected in step 7, you then have to specify the variant used. They are TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard). As previously, the setting should match that used by your router. Some routers allow both to be specied, and the router will use whichever variant is supported by the connected device. AES is regarded as the

more secure option if it is available.

The radio will then require you to enter the encryption key. This must be a string of between 8

10.

and 63 characters and must be identical to the key which has been entered into your router. Note – the encryption key is sensitive to the use of upper and lower case letters and symbols. Take care to enter the key exactly, or the radio will not be able to connect to your router. The

three controls on the right-hand side of the screen have special functions. You can access these by rotating the

Tuning Control Rotary

and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

select as you needed:

select ‘ ’ to erase a character just entered (long press to clear ); Info again to continue select ‘ ’ when the complete encryption key has been entered select ‘ ’ to cancel and go back to the TKIP / AES options screen Once the key is entered the radio should connect to the network.

11.

While the radio is trying to connect to the network, it will display ‘Processing…’ when checking the encryption key and then ‘Connecting…’. If the connection is made successfully, the radio will return to the Network settings menu. If the unit cannot connect, then it will display a ‘Failed to connect’ message and will return to the SSID entry screen (step 6). Once connected, the network settings are stored in the radio. The settings are retained when the radio is disconnected from the mains. You may now use the Back and Mode buttons to access the

functions of your radio.

Authentication 7/9

Open Pre-Shared Key WPA WPA2

Encryption type 8/9

TKIP AES

Key: 9/9

Network settings

Please wait Connecting...

Network settings

Network wizard View settings Wlan region

Manual settings

Network profile

Network remote control options

Network Pin setup (Pin number)

Your radio has the option of being controlled by an application installed on an Apple iPhone, iPod

touch or iPod. The Pin number facility allows you to ensure that your radio can only be controlled by

your own Apple device rather than someone else’s.

Network settings

Wlan region Manual settings NetRemote PIN Setup Network profile Keep network connected

Internet Radio

Internet Radio – the basics

Before you can use your radio to listen to broadcasts via the Internet, it

is necessary to have connected it to your computer network using the

wireless (WiFi) connection.

There are literally many thousands of radio broadcasts available via

the internet as well ‘Podcasts’. Your radio provides several ways of

searching for broadcasts in order to make nding and choosing them

easier. Once you have found radio stations which you like, you may

either store them as presets within the radio, or add them to a list of

your favorite stations which your radio can access. The number of

presets is limited (there are ve presets in the radio), but you can store

as many favorites as you like.

You may search for an internet radio station by Location. If you

know the name of the station and the country from which a station is

broadcast this may be the easiest method to nd a station. It is also a

great way to experience radio from other parts of the world.

You may also search for an internet radio station by Genre. If you prefer

a particular type of music, Blues for example, you may search for a

radio station that broadcasts that type of music, and you can choose

from a list of Blues radio stations regardless of location, or taking

location into account.

station.

The SIR-300 radio connects to a radio station database which serves

many users in many countries. This means that there is a very wide

range of program content available. You can also search for stations

which have been recently added to those available (new stations) or

you can search for the most popular.

If you know part of the name of an internet radio station, you can enter

it into the radio and it will search for stations that match that name. This

can be helpful if you are unsure of the location or genre of a particular

Selecting a radio station by location

Press the Standby button to switch the radio on. Then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

Rotary

to select the option.

Press the

Rotary

Rotate the

the

until ‘Station list’ is highlighted on the display and then press the

to select the option.

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight the internet radio mode display. Press the

button to enter the main Internet radio menu. Rotate the

until ‘Stations’ is highlighted on the display and then press

. Note that the menu may offer one or more local selections based

Mode

button and rotate the

Tuning Control

upon the country in which the unit is being used, according to your internet IP address (‘United

Kingdom’and ‘BBC’ stations, for example).

Rotate the

the

Rotate the

continent is highlighted press the

The display will show a list of countries within the chosen continent. If there are many

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Location’ is highlighted on the display and then press

to select.

to scroll through the list of continents. When the desired

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter your selection.

countries shown you can scroll through the list continually in either direction. For example, if

the chosen continent was Europe, then to nd the United Kingdom scroll up from the top of the

list to the bottom by rotating the

Tuning Control Rotary

. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

choose the desired country.

You will typically find that you then have the option to select either ‘All Stations’ or one of

a number of categories. The lists are always sorted alphabetically, and long lists will wrap

around from top to bottom or bottom to top.

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Location

Africa Asia Caribbean Central America

Europe

United Kingdom

All stations

Highlighted stations Alternative Ambient Celtic

Internet radio

Last listened

Station list

System settings Main menu

Internet radio

My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC

Stations

Podcasts

Stations

Location

Genre Search stations Popular stations New stations

Europs

Switzerland

> >

Turkey Ukraine

United Kingdom

Vatican

All Stations

Asian sound radio

Aston FM Atlantic FM

> >

Audio Book Radio

BBC Radio 1

> >

> > >

> >

> > >

8. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter your selection. The display will show ‘Connecting…’ while the

to highlight your chosen radio station and then press the

radio connects to the new station. The station should then start playing. Adjust the volume as

needed.

BBC Radio 1

Podcasts

9. If the station has on-demand content, that is, it gives the option of listening to programs which

have already been broadcast or to Podcasts, there will be an additional screen showing the

radio station name as well as a ‘Podcasts’ option. These are selected using additional menus,

determined by the radio station and the content. There may simply be a list of programs, or

there may also be options to choose from broadcasts on particular dates or days of the week.

The examples shown here are typical. Podcasts and Listen Again content can also be accessed

separately from the main Internet Radio menu.

If your radio cannot connect to a radio station

Note:

If your radio is unable to connect to an internet radio station it will generally either display ‘Network

Error’ or ‘Stopped’. This can be for many reasons, but typically will be due to one of the following:

● The radio station may not be broadcasting at the present time.

● The radio station may not be able to accommodate any more connections from internet listeners.

● The broadcaster may limit listening to specic countries or regions.

● There may be network congestion (either locally or at a distance) which is affecting the reliability

of the connection.

If your radio can connect, but the audio is not continuous and the radio keeps having to

reconnect, this may be due to the radio station only having limited connection capacity.

BBC Radio 1

Podcasts

Dick and Dom Eddie Halliwell

Edith Bowman

Fearne and Reggies Gilles Peterson

Edith Bowman

28/08/2009 - August 28

27/08/2009 - August 27 26/08/2009 - August 26 25/08/2009 - August 25

Internet radio 12:34

Edith Bowman

Show description Edith Kickstarts your afternoon with music,

> >

Selecting a radio station by genre

Press the

Rotate the

the

Rotate the

the

Rotate the

button to enter the main Internet radio menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Stations’ is highlighted on the display and then press

to select.

until ‘Genre’ is highlighted on the display and then press

to scroll through the list of content types. This menu is

normally cyclic – you can scroll the list continually in either direction. When the chosen genre

is highlighted, press the

You then have the choice of ‘All Stations’ of the chosen genre, or a list of countries. Note if

Tuning Control Rotary

a country is not shown then the station may still appear in the ‘All Stations’ list. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

A list of radio stations is then shown. Rotate the

and the

Tuning Control Rotary

to choose as needed.

until the desired

station name is highlighted on the display.

Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the station. The display will show ‘Connecting…’

while it finds the new station. If the radio is unable to connect this may be for one of the

reasons explained previously.

Adjust the Volume as needed to set the listening level.

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Internet radio

My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC

Stations

Podcasts

Stations

Location

Genre

Search stations Popular stations New stations

Genre

Alternative Ambient Big Band Bluegrass

Blues

All Stations

Highlighted Stations Belgium France Germany

All Stations

Asian sound radio Aston FM Atlantic FM Audio Book Radio

BBC Radio 1

> > >

> >

> > > >

Searching for a radio station by name

There may be occasions when you know the name of a radio station but you do not know the

location or genre. This facility allows you to search for the station using a part (or parts) of the

radio station name.

1. Press the

button to enter the main Internet radio menu. Rotate the

until ‘Station list’ is highlighted on the display and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

Internet radio

Last listened

Station list

System settings Main menu

> >

2. Rotate the

the

3. Rotate the

press the

4. To enter the search word(s) press the

each character for the search in turn, and press the

make an error press the

character selection. After the nal character of the search has been entered, use the

and then the

the

Tuning Control Rotary

Info

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Stations’ is highlighted on the display and then press

until ‘Search stations’ is highlighted on the display and then

Tuning Control Rotary

on the remote control to highlight

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter. If you

button to access the delete character ‘ ’ on the screen and the

Info

button

to highlight the ‘ ’ symbol on the screen and then press

to nish.

5. The radio will search for radio stations that match your search data. If you include a space

between two search items the radio will look for station names which include both items. Thus

a search for ‘ROCK 100’ could nd a station called ‘100 Classic Rock Hits’ as well as a station

called ‘100.FM Rocks’.

6. Rotate the

the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight the station that you wish to listen to and press

to conrm your choice. The display will show ‘Connecting…’ while it

nds a new station.

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Internet radio

My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC

Stations

Podcasts

Stations

Location Genre

Search stations

Popular stations New stations

Stations

Search stations

Radio10 - Top 100 Classic Rock 100 DIZ

> > >

> >

Selecting a new or popular station

As described in the section ‘Internet Radio – the basics’, your radio connects via the the Internet

to a database of radio stations. This option is provided to highlight stations which are newly

added to the list of those available, or stations which are particularly popular with listeners

around the world. Your radio allows you to easily choose stations from these two categories,

using menus very similar to those used when nding stations by location and genre.

1. Press the

button to enter the main Internet radio menu. Rotate the

until ‘Station list’ is highlighted on the display and then press the

2. Rotate the

the

3. Rotate the

display. Press the

4. Rotate the

press the

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Stations’ is highlighted on the display and then press

until ‘Popular stations’ or ‘New stations’ is highlighted on the

to enter your choice.

to highlight the station that you wish to listen to and then

to enter your choice. The display will show ‘Connecting…’

while the new station is found.

Tuning Control Rotary

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Internet radio

Last listened

Station list

System settings Main menu

Internet radio

My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC

Stations

Podcasts

Stations

Location Genre Search stations

Popular stations

New stations

Stations

BBC Radio 4

ENERGY ZURICH All Irish Radio Classic FM RTL 2

> >

> > >

> >

Selecting a podcast / BBC Listen Again

Some radio stations allow you to listen to programs that have already been broadcast. The BBC’

s Listen Again service is an example of this. In addition, radio broadcasters and individuals may

make programs which are intended normally to be downloaded into a computer or copied onto a

portable media player. These are commonly known as Podcasts.

On your radio, both Listen Again programs and Podcasts are grouped together as Podcasts,

and the same menu is used to access and listen to both types of programming. Listen Again

programs are also accessible via the Stations menu.

1. Press the

button to enter the main Internet radio menu. Rotate the

until ‘Station list’ is highlighted on the display and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

Internet radio

Last listened

Station list

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System settings Main menu

Internet radio

My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC Stations

Podcasts

> >

> > > >

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Podcasts’ is highlighted on the display and press the

3. You may then search by location, genre, or using part of the name of the podcast. The searches

operate in exactly the same way as when searching for a conventional radio station. Searching

by location is done rst by continent, then by country. You may then list ‘All shows’ or search

within a country by genre. Searching by genre is more direct, since once the genre is chosen

the next menu display shows a list of available podcasts. Searching by name operates in the

same way as when searching for a named radio station, selecting the ‘ ’ symbol when you

have entered the text. You may enter one or more pieces of text which will be used for the

search.

4. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm your

chosen podcast. The display will show ‘Connecting…’ while it nds the new program.

Stations

Location

Genre Search stations

Podcasts

Dick and Dom Eddie Halliwell

Edith Bowman

Fearne and Reggies Gilles Peterson

> >

Presetting stations

With so many Internet radio stations available, it is desirable to have a means of rapidly selecting

the stations that you listen to most frequently. Your radio has ve memory presets which can

easily be set to store the details of any Internet radio station. The radio station presets are

retained in memory even when the radio is switched off. Please see also the section ‘Last

Listened’ and ‘Conguring My Favorite Stations’.

Storing a preset

1. Press the

Standby

button to switch on your radio. Tune to the required station using one of

the methods described on the preceding pages.

2. To store the currently playing radio station as a preset, press and hold the required

Preset

button (1 – 5) on the panel until the display shows ‘Preset stored’. The station will be stored

using the chosen preset button. Repeat this procedure as needed for the remaining presets.

3. Stations which are already stored in the presets may be over-written by following the above

procedure.

Recalling a preset

1. Press the

Mode button.

2. Momentarily press the required

to the station stored in preset memory. The preset used will be shown at the bottom of the

display screen.

Standby

button to switch on your radio. Select the Internet radio mode using the

Preset

button on the remote control. Your radio will then connect

Preset stored

Internet radio 12:34

Aural Moon

Description: Playing progressive rock old and new

UPnP

Last Listened

It is often helpful to be able to go back to a station that you have already listened to. Your radio has

a ‘Last Listened’ feature which provides you with quick access to the ten most recently listened to

radio stations or podcasts. As each new radio station is listened to the oldest item is deleted from

the list. The Last Listened list is stored when the radio is disconnected from the mains.

1. With the radio switched on and in Internet radio mode, press the

the menu is ‘Last listened’. With this item highlighted press the

button. The rst item on

Tuning Control Rotary

2. The display will then show a list of the last ten Internet radio stations or podcasts. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

Control Rotary

to cause your radio to reconnect to that radio station or podcast.

to highlight whichever you wish to listen to and then press the

Tuning

1,2

Internet radio

Last listened

Station list System settings Main menu

Last listened

Absolute Radio eurosmoothjazz Rock Antenne

Radio Luxembourg

EldoRadio

Internet radio 12:34

Radio Luxembourg

Description: Radio Luxembourg, the best in classic rock.

> > >

Display modes

Your radio has a range of display options when in Internet Radio mode. Note that not all information may be available for all Internet radio stations.

1. Press the

Info

button to cycle through the different options.

a. Description Displays information about the radio station or scrolling text messages

such as artist/track name, phone number etc.

b. Genre Displays program type information e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc. and the

location of the current radio station.

c. Reliability Displays the reliability of the data stream from the station currently being

received.

d. Format Displays the bit rate and format of the station being received.

e. Playback buffer Displays status when connecting to and playing a radio station. This

indicates the reliability of the data stream to your radio. If there are no

bars shown to the right of the dividing line then the data stream reliability

may be poor and you may nd that there are many breaks in the audio (this is not always the case for REAL audio streams).

f . Date Displays the current date.

Additional or alternative information may be displayed when listening to Podcasts, Categories displayable can include…

Episode name Show description

Show genre Show language

Episode URL Bit rate Codec Sampling rate

Whenever the radio is displaying an information screen (as opposed to a menu screen), the time is displayed in the top-right corner of the display, and a WiFi strength indicator is shown in the

bottom-right corner.

Internet radio 16:01 Final Fantasy Radio

Reliability: Excellent

Internet radio 16:01 Final Fantasy Radio

Bit rate: 40 kbps Codec: MP3 Sampling Rate:

22.0 kHz

Internet radio 16:01 Final Fantasy Radio

Playback buffer

Internet radio 16:01 Final Fantasy Radio

Today’s Date: 28/03/2014

Customizing your radio

In addition to storing your favourite radio stations in the radio presets, your radio allows you to

create customised lists of stations which can appear in two special menus on the radio called

'My Favourites' and 'My Added Stations'. Your radio uses a database which is accessed via the Internet in order to nd out which radio stations are available and how it should connect to them.

You are able to add your personal selections to this database. These will only be accessible

by you using your PC or your radio. You can choose the stations which will appear in the 'My Favourites' menu from the large selection already listed. Additionally, if you nd a radio station that is not listed then you may also add the Internet address (URL) of the station's audio stream to your selection. It will then appear on your radio via the 'My Added Stations' menu item.

Registering an account

1. Open the web site

http://www.wiradio-frontier.com

using the Internet browser on your computer. Click on the ‘Register here’ link and follow the on-screen instructions to register an account. During the registration process the web site asks for an access code. This allows it to uniquely

identify your internet radio from the many others that it also provides data for. To obtain the access code, please followthese steps.

2. With your radio switched on and in Internet radio mode, press the 'Station list' using the

Tuning Control Rotary

3. Scroll down the Station list menu to the item called 'Help'. Press the

button, then select

Tuning Control Rotary

enter the Help menu.

4. In the Help menu, select the menu item ‘Get access code.’ Provided that the radio is connected to the Internet, a code will be displayed of typically seven characters (Upper case letters and numbers). Make a note of this code for the next step. If you need to re-register late you must

repeat this process to get a fresh access code.

5. You should then use the code displayed by the radio to ll in the Access Code eld on the web

page when you set up your account. Once you have your account set up, if you have other radios which use the same data base, you may also add them to your account. You will need to get an access code from each radio in order to add it to the account. They may then share your favorite and added radio station details.

Last listened

Station list

System settings Main menu

Get access code

FAQ

Internet radio

Help

BBC Stations

Podcasts

My Added stations

Help

Access code

123ABCD

Internet radio

Get access code

> > > >

Conguring My Favorite Stations Conguring My Added Stations

Using the website at

search among the many radio stations that are available by location,

genre, or language. You may also choose from new or popular

stations.

When the radio stations that you have found are shown on your

computer screen, they are shown with a 'Play' icon and an 'Add to

favourites' icon (the plus symbol and heart). Clicking on the 'Play'

icon will allow you to hear the radio station via your computer.

Clicking on the 'Add to favourites' icon will cause the radio station to

be added to the list accessible via your radio.

To help you organise your favourites, and since you may have a

many after a while, the website will allow you to specify the name

for a category or group under which the radio station will be listed

on your radio. Suitable names might be 'Rock', 'Smooth', 'Mum's

stations', and so on. Whenever you add another radio station to your

favourites you can either add it to an existing.

Once you have Internet radio stations available in your ‘My Favorite

Stations’ list, you may play these stations from your radio. These

stations will be available on your radio from the Internet radio menu

item 'My Favourites'.

To look at, modify or delete your favourite stations lists on the

website, use the link 'My favourites' in the 'My account' area. To

delete a favourite radio station, click on the icon with a heart and

minus symbol.

http://www.wiradio-frontier.com

it is possible to

If you wish to listen to a radio which is not a currently held in the

database at

details yourself. You will need to obtain the internet address (URL)

for the audio system for the station that you wish to add. This may

be information provided by the radio station itself, via its website, or

perhaps passed to you from another listener.

Use the ‘My added stations’ link in the ‘My account’ area on the

website. This allows you to add details of new stations or to modify

those already added. You can provide a name for the radio station

which will be shown on your radio. You must also provide the web

address, location and format details.

Once you have Internet radio stations available in your ‘My Added

Stations’ list, you may play these stations from your radio. These will

be available on your radio from the Internet radio menu item called ‘My

added Stations.’

It is possible to add the web addresses for audio streams which may

not be playable by your radio. If you attempt to play such a stream,

your radio will normally display an error message of some kind. The

Sangean SIR-300 can only play MP3, WMA, AAC and Real Audio

internet radio streams.

To look at, modify or delete your added stations list on the website,

use the link ‘My added stations’ in the ‘My account’ area. To delete an

added radio station, click on the icon with a heart and minus symbol.

http://www.wiradio-frontier.com

, it is possible to add the

Selecting your favorite stations

Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

Rotate the

the

button to enter the main Internet radio menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Station list' is highlighted on the display. Press the

until 'My Favourites' is highlighted on the display. Press

and your favorite stations list will appear on the display (set up as

described on the preceding page).

Press the

Control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight the required station and then press

to conrm your selection. The display will show 'Connecting...' while it nds

Tuning

the new station. If the station has on-demand content (that is, it gives the option of listening

to programs which have already been broadcast), 'Selecting a podcast / BBC Listen again'.

Should you be unable to connect to a particular station, please note that some radio stations

do not broadcast 24 hours per day, and some stations are not always on-line.

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Internet radio

Last listened

Station list

System settings Main menu

Internet radio

My Favourites

Local United Kingdom BBC Stations Podcasts

My Favourites

Smith fav

BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 7 Bluegrass radio Heart

Radio Luxembourg

> >

> > > >

Selecting your added stations

1. Press the

button to enter the main Internet radio menu. Rotate the

until 'Station list' is highlighted on the display and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

select.

2. Rotate the

then press the

3. Rotate the

Control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'My Added Stations' is highlighted on the display and

to select.

to highlight the required station and then press the

to conrm your selection. The display will show 'Connecting...' while it nds

Tuning

the new station. Should you be unable to connect to a particular station, please note that some

radio stations do not broadcast 24 hours per day, and some stations are not always on-line.

In addition, as mentioned in the previous section, it is possible to specify audio streams for

'My added stations' which are not compatible with your radio. In this event the station will not

be playable. The Sangean SIR-300 can only play MP3, WMA, AAC and Real Audio internet

radio streams.

Note that the audio coding formats listed are generic terms. There are many variations of each

format, as well a variety of streaming protocols in use by different radio broadcasters. Your radio

has been designed to play the vast majority of coding and streaming formats in current use by

broadcasters.

Internet radio

Last listened

Station list

System settings Main menu

Internet radio

BCC Stations Podcasts

My Added stations

Help

> >

> > >

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My Added stations

Aardvark Radio

Brooklands FM

Huntingdon Community Ra

Music player

Use with Windows, Apple Mac and Linux

The Music Player allows you to play audio files which are stored on

computer in your network.

In order to play les from a computer on your network, your radio must

connect to a file server application which uses the Universal Plug

and Play (UPnP) protocol. If your computer uses Windows 7, Vista

or XP, then it is likely that your computer already has a UPnP server

application available. Windows Media Player (versions 11 and 12) has

this capability, and it is able to make your les available to your radio. It

also allows you to select les by Album, Artist, and so on.

Windows Media Player is less exible than some other UPnP servers,

but is generally easier to set up. It is supplied as a standard component

of windows 7, Vista or XP.

Many UPnP server applications are also capable of sharing pictures

and video les to other network connected devices. if this is the case (as

it is with Windows Media Player 11 and 12) you may see the option of

choosing between ‘Music’, ‘Video’ and ‘Pictures’ on the Music Player ’s

Menu. You should only select the ‘Music’ option. Content offered via the

alternative options will not be playable on your radio.

Windows Media Player 12 can serve MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV les

to your radio. Windows Media Player 11 is only able to serve MP3 and

WMA les to your radio. If you are an Apple Mac or Linux user, there

are other UPnP server applications which you may use with your radio.

The Music Player on the radio can playback audio les in MP3, WMA,

AAC and WAV formats. WMA Lossless les can also be played when

using Windows Media Player as it will convert these to a compatible

format before streaming them to the radio. Note that the playback of

files encoded using WMA Voice, WMA 10 Professional, and for files

which have DRM protection are not supported.

When using a UPnP server, the search and selection criteria are determined

by the server software, but typically include Artist, Album and Genre. Many

server applications also allow you to access your files according to the

folders within which they are stored as well as other criteria.

Some third part server application allow customization of the search

criteria and indexing methods. This can useful of you have a very large

collection of store music les.

Here is a short selection of alternative UPnP server applications,

although many other are available.

Twonky Media Server (Windows, Apple Mac, Linux)

TVersity (Windows)

Elgato EyeConnect (for Apple Mac OS X)

Media Tomb (Linux, MAC OS X)

Please refer to the documentation for your chosen server application for

full details of its conguration and usage.

Accessing your audio les via a UPnP server

If your computer is running Windows 7, then Windows Media Player version 12 includes a UPnP

server which will make your les available to your radio.

If you have Windows Vista or XP (Please refer to the section of ‘Accessing your audio les via

a UPnP server using Windows Vista and XP’). There are other UPnP server solutions available

for non-Windows users and for Windows users who may wish to use an alternative (see the

preceding section).It is beyond the scope of this instruction book to cover all possible options for

UPnP. We explain the use of Microsoft's Windows Media Player here since that will be the rst

choice for the majority of users.

Set up UPnP access with Windows Media Player 12

1. Windows Media Player 12 (referred to here as WMP 12) can create a library from all the media

les available on your PC. To add new media les to the library, select

'All music'

then

then simply drag and drop les from other locations into the library. Alternatively, with media

files or folders on the screen, you may right-click on the file or folder and select

library'

library.

2. In WMP 12, click on

to play my media'

There are other options (see overleaf) but this is the simplest if you just wish to quickly enable

media streaming to your radio.

3. Press the Standby button to switch the unit on. Then press the

the

and then select

Tuning Control Rotary

'Artist', 'Album'

'Music'

'Stream'

. Then accept the

as needed until the Music Player mode display is shown. Then press

. The main 'Music Player' menu will then be displayed.

etc. This will show you the current library contents. You may

. In this way you can quickly add additional content to your music

(see picture at right) and then select

'Automatically allow all computer and media devices'

'Library'

'Automatically allow devices

Mode

button and rotate the

, then

'Include in

'Music'

option.

Rotate the

Control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Shared media' is highlighted and press the

to select. The radio will scan for all available UPnP servers. It may take a few

Tuning

seconds for the radio to complete its scan. The radio will display '<Empty>' if no UPnP servers

are found.

Music player

Shared media

My playlist Clear My playlist System settings Main menu

> >

After scanning, select your UPnP server using the

Tuning Control Rotary

on the panel. If you

allowed automatic connection previously, your radio should now connect and you may skip

to the next page. If you did not permit automatic connections, your radio will then normally

display 'Unauthorized' at this stage.

Your PC may prompt you that there has been a connection to your UPnP server. Whether

prompted or not, in order that the radio may access the music les, you will need to click the

'Library' tab in WMP 12 and select the 'Stream...' item to open the 'Media Streaming' window.

Select 'Automatically allow devices to play my media' then select 'Automatically allow all

computer and media devices'. Alternatively select 'More Streaming options' to enable sharing

on a 'per device' basis.

In the 'More streaming options' window, the radio will be listed as a blocked device. Click on

the button shown to select 'Allowed'.

Note:

If you are using Microsoft Windows' rewall software, this should be correctly congured by

WMP 12. If you are using third party rewall software you may need to manually congure it to

allow your unit and WMP 12 to communicate.

On the radio, select the

named server

again using the

Tuning Control Rotary

. If WMP 12

is now able to communicate with your radio you will be presented with some media selection

options on the display.

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Shared media

JENNY: Jenny’s music

HOME_PC: Mum’s music

Locating and playing media les using UPnP

Once the UPnP server has been congured to share media les with your radio, you may select the les that you wish to play as follows:-

1. Press the Standby button to switch on the unit. Press the

Control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

2. Rotate the press the

as needed until the Music Player mode display is shown. Then press the

. The main Music Player menu will then be displayed.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Shared media' is highlighted on the display and then

to cause the radio to scan for UPnP servers. Note that it may

Mode

button and rotate the

Tuning

take a few seconds for the radio to complete its scan. The display will return to the Music Player

menu if no UPnP servers are found.

3. After a successful scan, rotate the then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight your UPnP server and

. If the display shows multiple media types, select 'Music'.

(Some UPnP servers can serve pictures and video content to suitable devices.)

4. The radio will now list the media categories which are made available by the UPnP server - for

example, 'Album', 'Artist' and 'Genre'. Rotate the

category you wish to browse, then press the

If you wish to use the search function rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight which

to conrm your choice.

until 'Search' is selected

on the display. You may select characters to build a keyword for searching for content to play.

When you rst set up sharing with a UPnP server, not all of your les will be available immediately. The UPnP server must look inside each le to identify the artist and album information from 'tags' embedded in them.

The server may also need time to access the Internet to obtain additional information such as 'album art' which it can display when you examine your music library on your PC. For a library of many les this can take some time.

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Music player

Shared media

My playlist Clear My playlist System settings Main menu

Shared media

JENNY: Jenny’s music

HOME_PC: Mum’s music

JENNY: Jenny’s music

Music

Video Pictures Playlists

Music

All music Genre

All Artists

Contributing Artists Album Artists

> >

> > >

> >

Media selection

When searching via UPnP you will have a selection of search criteria as determined by the UPnP

server software on your computer. This allows you to search by a given information type (Album,

Artist, Genre, etc.) and then to narrow the search to an album or to a particular track within an

album. Some UPnP server applications allow the search options to be customized. The searches

described here are just examples of the possibilities.

Listening to a complete album

1. Rotate the

to your needs then press the

2. When you reach the album or folder the menu will then switch to showing the tracks in that

album or folder. When searching by UPnP they will normally be listed in track number order (but

as with the search criteria, this can vary according to the server application used).

3. With the rst track in the album indicated, press the

then begin playing.

While the radio is playing from your media library, you may use the menus as described above

to choose a different selection. When you select the track from which to play, the radio will then

immediately begin playing the new selection.

Tuning Control Rotary

to choose content by Artist, Album, Genre, etc. according

to enter your choice.

Tuning Control Rotary

. The album will

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JENNY: Jenny’s music

Music

Video Pictures Playlists

Music

All music Genre

All Artists

Contributing Artists Album Artists

Music

The Beatles

Beautiful South Beethoven Cat Stevens Cream

The Beatles

The Beatles - 1

Abbey Road Help! Rubber Sour Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hea

The Beatles 1

Love Me Do

From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can’t Buy Me Love

> > >

> >

> > > >

Listening to a particular track

1. If you wish to play only a particular track from an album or folder, rst choose the album or

folder as described on the preceding pages.

2. Rotate the

3. Press and release the

Tuning Control Rotary

until the required track is highlighted.

. The track will begin playing. The radio will then

play subsequent tracks from the same album or folder.

Controlling playback

1. Press the

2. If you press the

3. Press the

4. Press the

5. Press and hold the

the button is pressed, the greater the speed at which the player will move through the track.

Release the button when the desired point is reached. (Note that this feature is not supported

when playing les encoded using the FLAC format.)

Play/Pause

Rewind

Fast-forward

button to pause playback of the current track.

Play/Pause

button, playback will resume from the point where it was paused.

button to start playback of the previous track in the list.

button to start playback of the next track in the list.

Fast-forward or Rewind button

to move through the current track. The longer

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The Beatles

The Beatles - 1

Abbey Road Help! Rubber Sour Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hea

The Beatles 1

Love Me Do

From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can’t Buy Me Love

Music player 12:34

Love Me Do

Artist: The Beatles

UPnP

> > > >

Repeat tracks

1. When a track is playing , press the

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to turn on the repeat function. Your selected track will be played

button to enter the main Music player menu.

until ‘Repeat play’ is highlighted on the display. Press the

repeatedly and the repeat indicator will show on the display.

3. To turn off the repeat option, select the ‘Repeat Play’ again.

Shufe tracks

1. When a track is playing , press the

Tuning Control Rotary

the

Control Rotary to turn on the shufe function. Your selected track will be shufed and the shufe

indicator will show on the display.

2. To turn off shufe select the ‘Shufe play’ again.

If both Repeat and Shufe playback options are activated then both Repeat and Shufe icons will

be shown in the display.

Note:

The shufe play function may only be used if the current selection comprises fewer than 512

tracks.

button to enter the main Music player menu. Rotate

until ‘Shufe play’ is highlighted on the display. Press the Tuning

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Music player 12:34

Love Me Do

Artist: The Beatles

UPnP

Music player 12:34

Love Me Do

Artist: The Beatles

UPnP

Display modes

Your radio has a range of display options when in Music Player mode. Note that the availability of

information depends on the specic media les, their format and upon the server capability. (Not

all UPnP servers make information from the media les available in the same way.)

1. Press the

Info

button to cycle through the different options.

a. Progress bar Displays the playback progress for the track currently playing.

b. Artist Displays the artist information for the track currently playing.

c. Album Displays the album information for the track currently playing.

d. Format Displays the bit rate and format of the track currently playing.

e. Buffer Displays the radios internal buffer status during media playback.

Whenever the Music Player is displaying an information screen (as opposed to a menu screen),

the time is displayed in the top-right corner of the display, and a WiFi strength indicator is shown

in the bottom-right corner together with an indicator showing the radio is obtaining the media

from a UPnP server.

Music player 19:14

Sleep Away

3:11 3:22

UPnP

Music player 19:15

Sleep Away

Album: Not specified

UPnP

Music player 19:16

Today’s Date: 07/04/2014

UPnP

Music player 19:16

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UPnP

Music player 19:16

Bit rate: 192 kbps Codec: MP3 Sampling Rate:

44.1 kHz

UPnP

Playlists

Sometimes you may wish to set up a list of music tracks or albums which can then be played

without further action - as background music for a party, for example. Your radio can be

congured to hold a queue of up to 500 tracks in a playlist menu. The tracks or albums for the

playlist can be selected from your UPnP server. The playlist is held in memory in your radio until

external power is removed, or until the playlist is cleared from the menu.

Adding a single track to your playlist

1. When selecting (or when playing) a track using a UPnP server press and hold the

Control Rotary

and the display will show 'Added to My playlist'.

Tuning

2. The track will be added to the playlist for playback later.

Adding an entire album or folder

3. When using a UPnP server highlight the chosen album, artist or folder and press and hold

Tuning Control Rotary

the

. The display will show 'Added to My playlist'.

4. Each of the tracks within the album, artist or folder selection will be added to the playlist individually.

This allows any unwanted tracks to be removed from the playlist if needed (see the following

sections).

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The Beatles 1

Love Me Do

From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can’t Buy Me Love

Added to My playlist

All Artists

The Beatles

Beautiful South Beethoven Cat Stevens Cream

Added to My playlist

> > > >

Viewing your playlist

1. Press the Standby button to switch on the unit. Press the

Control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

3. Rotate the

as needed until the Music Player mode display is shown. Then press the

. The Music Player menu will then be shown on the display.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'My Playlist' is highlighted on the display. Press the

button to enter the playlist.

Tuning Control Rotary

to scroll through the playlist. Tracks which are served via

Mode

button and rotate the

UPnP will show their track name.

Erasing a track from the playlist

1. Press the

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

3. Rotate the

hold the

4. You will be asked to conrm the deletion. To delete the track rotate the

buttons until 'YES' is highlighted on the display.

Press the

5. If you do not wish to delete the track highlight 'NO' and press the

cancel the operation.

button to enter the main Music Player menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'My Playlist' is highlighted on the display. Press the

button to enter the playlist.

Tuning Control Rotary

until the track you wish to erase is highlighted. Press and

to cause the track to be deleted.

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning

Tuning Control Rotary

Music player

Shared media

2,3

My playlist

Clear My playlist System settings Main menu

My playlist

Love Me Do

From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can’t Buy Me Love

My playlist

Love Me Do

From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can’t Buy Me Love

My Playlist

Delete from My playlist?

> > >

2-5

Clearing the playlist

1. Press the

2. To clear the whole playlist press the

on the display. Press the

3. To clear the whole playlist rotate the

Press the

button to enter the main Music Player menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning Control

Tuning Control Rotary

to cause the playlist to be cleared.

until 'Clear My playlist' is highlighted

until 'YES' is highlighted on the display.

4. If you do not wish to clear the playlist highlight 'NO' and press the Tuning Control Rotary to

conrm.

Playing your playlists

1. Press the

2. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

3. To play the playlist from a particular track, rotate the

track is highlighted then press the

4. While playing from the playlist, you can use this function to jump to a particular track within

the playlist. While playing from the playlist, you may add additional tracks or albums or remove

specic tracks (please see the preceding sections).

button to enter the main Music Player menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'My playlist' is highlighted on the display. Press the

button.

Tuning Control Rotary

to start play.

until the desired

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Music player

Shared media USB playback My playlist Repeat play: Off Shuffle play: Off

Clear My Playlist

Remove all from My playlist

Music player

Shared media USB playback My playlist Repeat play: Off Shuffle play: Off

My playlist

Love Me Do

From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can’t Buy Me Love

Wake On LAN

If you use a computer as a UPnP server for playing your music files via your radio, you may not wish to keep that computer running when you are not using the radio. If your computer is suitably congured, it can either shut down, or enter a standby or hibernation state when it is not being used.

Your radio can wake up a computer which has shut down using a Wake On LAN command via the network provided that the radio has previously connected to a UPnP server application on that computer. A computer which is not currently active will be shown with a question mark in the

list of UPnP servers.

Many computers will not respond to Wake On LAN commands from the radio in all modes, and may require software, device driver, BIOS, hardware or router conguration changes for this function to operate. Failure of a computer to respond to Wale On Lan is not considered a fault of the radio.

Prune servers

Your radio stores details of the UPnP servers that it has seen via its network connection in its internal memory. If you use the radio at different locations you may nd that there are servers

listed by the radio that are no longer available. The prune servers functions allows the list to

be reinitialized so that only active UPnP servers on the currently connected network are shown when selecting ‘Shared Media’ from the Music Player menu.

1. Press the

2. Rotate the control.

3. To remove servers that are no longer required rotate the

highlighted on the display. Press the

button to enter the main Music Player menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Prune servers’ is highlighted on the display. Press the

control

to cause the servers to be removed.

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Yes’ is

Shared media

?DAD: LES:

?JENNY: Jenny’s music HOME_PC: Mum’s music

Music player

My Playlist Repeat play: Off Shuffle play: Off Clear My playlist Prune servers

Prune invalid

Prune shared media

wake on LAN servers?

> >

4. If you do not wish to prune servers rotate the

control

the

to conrm.

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight ‘No’ and press

Keep network connected

By default, your radio will shut down its WiFi connection when it is in standby. This minimizes

power consumption but it does mean that you will need to switch that radio on manually in order

to use either the ‘Play to’ function or any other remote control software.

If you need to be able to remotely control the radio even when it has been put into standby, then you can choose to keep the network connected by using the ‘Keep connected’ option in the network setting menu. In the standby mode display either the WiFi signal indicator is shown with or without a cross through it according to the chosen network settings.

Windows 7’Play to’ function (UPnP renderer)

If your use Window 7, it is possible to choose a music album, track or playlist at the computer and then tell Windows that this should be played on the radio using the ‘Play to’ function. Using suitable software (sometimes known as a UPnP Control Point), similar functionality is available for other computer types and for handheld devices using Apple’s iOS or Android operating systems. In this mode the radio acts as a UPnP Renderer.

1. In order to use the ‘Play to’ function, the radio must be actively connected to the network. The rst time that you use the ‘Play to’ function you will need to allow Windows to recognize your radio. To do this, please go to step 2. If you have previously used ‘Play to’ so that Windows remembers your radio and you have congured your radio to keep its network connection in

standby mode, then go to step 3.

2. If your radio is not currently running, or does not have an active connection to your network, then should rst switch on your radio and select the Music player mode. Then select ‘Shared media’ from the menu so that the radio establishes a connection with Windows Media Player on your PC. After this step, all other functions may be performed from your computer.

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3. At your Windows 7 PC, locate the le, album or playlist that you wish to play on the radio.

4. Use the right-hand mouse button to pop-up a menu of option for the chosen item and select

the ‘Play to’ option.

5. Windows should show you one or more devices, including your radio, to which you may choose to send the music. Highlight the radio item and click with the left mouse button.

Windows will then open a ‘Play to’ window showing the track or tracks to be played. Your

computer will then take control of your radio. Your radio will then enter the Digital Media

Renderer mode (DMR) and after a few seconds the radio will start playing. The display on the

radio will show that it is in DMR mode.

While the radio is playing in DMR mode you can use the controls in the ‘Play to’ window on

your computer to skip tracks, fast-forward or rewind, to pause or restart, and to change the

volume on the radio. You may also use the controls on your radio to adjust volume, display

track information (press the Info button) or to change operating mode. It is not possible to skip

tracks or pause playback using the radio’s controls while it is in DMR mode.

While playing, you may select additional content within Windows and again use the ‘Play to’

function (see step 3-5). The additional tracks will be added to the playlist in the current ‘Play to’

window. You may also delete or change the order of tracks within the ‘Play to’ window.

When you wish to exit DMR mode, simply either switch off your radio or press the mode button

to select a different operating mode.

Don’t forget that in order to reselect the DMR mode and to be able to use ‘Play to’ from

Windows you must rst ensure that your radio has an active connection to your network (see

step 1 and 2 above).

Note:

Some Windows security software can prevent correct operation of the ‘Play to’ function. Such

software may have updates or configuration options which will permit ‘Play to’ to operate

correctly-please consult your anti-virus software supplier. The ‘Play to’ function in Windows 7

has been tested successfully with the WFR-29 radio when using Microsoft’s security Essentials

software without problems.

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Playback buffer

UPnP

DMR 12:34

Would You Be Happ

Album: The Best of the Corrs

UPnP

DMR 12:34

Would You Be Happ

Artist: The Corrs

UPnP

DMR 12:34

Would You Be Happ

Bit rate: 192 kbps Codec: WMA Sampling rate: 44.1 kHz

UPnP

Using USB memory devices

This section describes how to use your radio to access and playback your audio les via USB

memory devices. USB slots are located on top of the unit. This is opened by lifting the rubber cover on top of the radio.

Important:

intended to be connected to hard disk drives or any other type of USB device.

It is possible to use SD or SDHC cards for media storage and playback when held in a suitable USB adaptor. However, due to the wide variation of such adaptors, it is not possible to guarantee that al adaptor/ card combinations will work with the radio.

The SIR-300 has been tested with a range of USB memory devices of up to 64GB capacity. USB memory must use the FAT or FAT 32 ling system in order to operate with the sound system. However, there are many different card variants available and not all cards can be guaranteed to work in the SIR-300. USB memory must use the FAT or FAT 32 ling system in order to operate in the SIR-300.

Audio formats supported for playback are MP3, WMA AAC and WAV. Playback does not support les encoded using WMA lossless, WMA Voice, WMA 10 professional, nor les of any format which have DRM protection.

Cautions:

In order to minimize the risk of damage to your radio, your USB Memory, please place the unit such that the device cannot easily be knocked while it is inserted in the socket.

Remove the USB before carrying the unit or if not using the USB feature for a prolonged period.

Place the unit in Standby mode removing your USB memory device.

The USB connection is intended only for ash memory devices. The use of hard disk storage

media is not supported.

Play back via USB les stored on MP3 players is not guarantee.

Your radio is only designed to work with USB memory ash memory devices. It is not

Inserting and removing memory devices

1. Plug the USB memory devices into the rectangular slot on the top of the unit.

Note:

the USB socket is upside down compared to those commonly found on PCs.

2. To select USB mode press the Player mode is shown on the display. Press the

Mode

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning control Rotary

to select the option.

until the Music

Playing les from USB memory devices

1. Carefully insert the USB memory device into the USB slot. Press the on the radio. The radio may detect the memory has been connected in which case it will ask whether you wish to open the folder view of the memory contents. Press the Tuning Control Rotary to select ‘Yes’ and skip to step 4 below. If the USB memory was not automatically

detected, proceed as follows.

2. To select USB playback mode press the needed until Music Player mode is selected. Press the

3. Rotate the

the control. Your radio will now list the content stored on the USB memory device. If there are many les or folders this may take a few seconds.

4. Rotate the

enter the current folder. The list of tracks in the current folder will be displayed. Alternatively, if you have nested folders (such as album folders within an artist folder) then you will simply step to the next folder level.

5. Rotate the

from the highlighted track. All les in the current folder will then be played in turn. Files are played in the order in which they exist in the ling system of the USB memory (they are not sorted by le name or track number).

Tuning Control Rotary

Mode

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘USB playback’ is highlighted on the display and press

to highlight the required folder and press the control to

to select the track and press the control to begin playing

Standby

Tuning control Rotary

button to switch

to select the option.

6. Controlling playback from the USB memory device including shufe and Repeat functions is explained in the section of Music player.

DAB Radio

Using DAB mode for the rst time

1. Carefully extend the telescopic aerial.

2. Press the

Standby

button to switch on the radio. If the radio has been used before the last

used mode will be selected.

3. Press the

Mode

button and rotate the

is selected on the display. Press the

Tuning control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

as needed so that DAB radio mode

to select the option.

4. If this is the rst time that DAB mode is used a quick scan of the Band III DAB channels will be

carried out. The display will show 'Scanning'. (If the radio has been used before the last used

station will be selected instead.) During the scanning process, as new stations are detected

the station counter will increase and the stations will be added to the list which is stored in the

radio. The bar graph indicates the progress of the scan.

5. When scanning is completed the radio will list the stations found (in numeric-alpha order 0....9...A...Z),

unless it has previously been tuned to a DAB station. Rotate the Tuning Control Rotary to

scroll through the list of available DAB radio stations. Press the Tuning Control Rotary to

select the highlighted station. The display may show 'Connecting...' while the radio re-tunes.

Rotate the Volume control knob to set the sound level as needed.

6. If the station list is still empty after the scan the display will show "No stations found". If no

stations are found it may be necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better reception.

Scan

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Station list

DAB radio

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Selecting a DAB radio station

1. When playing a DAB radio station, the display normally shows the name of the current station

with other related information.

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to access the radio station list and to scroll through the

available stations.

3. Press the

'Connecting...'

4. Use the

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the highlighted station. The display may show

while the radio re-tunes.

Volume

control knob to set the sound level as needed.

Note: If the display shows 'Station Not Available' it may be necessary to relocate your radio to a

position giving better reception. A question-mark in front of the station name merely indicates that

the station has not recently been detected by the radio. It may still be available.

Secondary services

Some DAB radio stations can have one or more secondary stations associated with them.

Typically these are not broadcast continually. If a station has a secondary station available then

the secondary will appear in the list of station names beneath the main (or primary) station.

Examples are the programs

'Daily Service'

1. To listen to a secondary service, rotate the

and press the

Tuning Control Rotary

available (off-air) then the primary service will be selected.

'Parliament'

and

Tuning Control Rotary

on BBC Radio 4.

to scroll to the chosen station,

to tune to the station. If the secondary service is not

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LBC

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Connecting...

Station list

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4

Daily Service

?Parliament BBC Radio 5 Live

Display modes

Your radio has a range of display options when in DAB mode:-

1. Press the

Info

button to cycle through the different options.

a. Text Displays text messages such as the artist or track name,

phone in number, trafc alerts, etc.

b. Program Type Displays the type of station being listened to such as Pop,

Classic, News etc.

c. Multiplex Name / Frequency Displays the name of the DAB multiplex to which the

current station belongs as well as its broadcast frequency.

d. Signal error / strength Displays the signal error and strength for the station

being listened to. A lower error number indicates a better

quality of radio signal. The signal strength graph can be

used when positioning the radio or its antenna. For good

reception the graph should occupy three or more blocks.

e. Bit rate and audio type Displays the digital bit rate and audio coding information for

the station being listened to.

f. Date Displays the current date.

A signal strength indicator is always shown in the lower area of the display on the right hand side.

If the broadcast being received is in stereo, then the stereo speaker symbol will be shown.

If the currently tuned station has been stored as a preset, then the preset number will also be

shown.

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Pop Music

DAB 12:34

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Heart

Signal error: 5

Strength:

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Heart

Bit rate: 128 kbps Codec: MP2 Channels: Joint Stereo

DAB 12:34

Heart

Today’s Date: 14/09/2010

Finding new DAB radio stations

Should you wish to use your radio for DAB reception in a new location, or if no stations were

detected during the initial scan, you can follow this procedure to allow your radio to nd out which

DAB radio stations are available.

1. Ensure that the telescopic antenna is extended, and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

the

Rotary

to select the option.

2. Once in DAB mode press the

3. Rotate the

4. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

as needed to highlight DAB radio mode. Press the

button.

until 'Scan' is highlighted on the display.

to initiate the scan. The display will show 'Scanning' and

your radio will perform a scan of the DAB Band III frequencies. As new stations are found the

station counter will increase and stations will be added to the list. The bar graph indicates the

progress of the scan.

Mode

button and rotate

Tuning Control

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Manual Tuning

Manual tuning allows you to tune directly to the various Band III DAB channels (5A to 13F).

1. When in DAB mode press the

2. Rotate the

3. Press the

4. Rotate the

5. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

button so that the display shows the DAB menu.

until 'Manual tune' is highlighted.

to enter manual tune option.

to choose the required DAB channel.

to cause the radio to tune to the chosen channel. When the

radio has tuned, the display shows the channel number and frequency, and the name of the

DAB multiplex found (if any). A bar graph shows the signal strength and is useful if you need to

reposition the radio or its aerial. The minimum signal marker 'I' which separates the left and

right parts of the signal graph shows the minimum signal level required for satisfactory reception.

Any new radio stations found on the tuned DAB multiplex will be added to the list stored in the

radio.

6. Press the

7. Press the

Back

button to choose a different frequency.

button a second time to access the main DAB menu then select 'Station list'

to return to normal tuning.

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Dynamic Range Control setting

Dynamic Range Control (also known as DRC) can make quieter sounds easier to hear when

your radio is used in a noisy environment by reducing the dynamic range of the audio signal.

1. Press the

2. Press the

Standby

Mode

button to switch on your radio.

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

as needed to highlight DAB radio

mode. Press the Tuning Control to select the option.

3. Press the

4. Rotate the

5. Press the

button to enter the DAB menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'DRC' is highlighted on the display.

to enter the DRC adjustment mode. The current DRC setting

will be indicated with an asterisk.

6. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight the required DRC setting (the default is Off).

'DRC Off' - DRC is switched off, Broadcast DRC will be ignored.

'DRC high' - DRC is set as sent by broadcaster.

'DRC low' - DRC level is set to 1/2 that sent by broadcaster.

7. Press the

Note:

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting.

Not all DAB broadcasts use the DRC function. If the broadcast does not provide DRC

information, then the DRC setting in the radio will have no effect.

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DRC high DRC low DRC off

DAB radio

DAB

DRC

Station order setup

Your radio has 3 station order settings from which you can choose. The station order settings

are, alphanumeric, ensemble and valid.

Note:

The default station order on your radio is alphanumeric.

1. Press the

2. Press the

Standby

Mode

button to switch on your radio.

button and rotate the Tuning Control Rotary as needed to highlight DAB radio

mode. Press the Tuning Control Rotary to select the option.

3. Press the

4. Rotate the

Press the

5. Rotate the

button to enter the DAB menu list.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Station order' is highlighted.

to enter the station order adjustment mode.

to choose between 'Alphanumeric', 'Ensemble' and 'Valid'.

'Alphanumeric' - sorts the station list alpha-numerically 0...9 A...Z.

'Ensemble' - organizes the station list by DAB multiplex.

'Valid' - shows only those stations for which a signal can be found.

The current setting is indicated by an asterisk.

6. Press the

7. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

Back

button as needed to return to the DAB menu or to the stations list.

to select the required station order.

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DAB Radio

Scan Manual tune Prune invalid DRC

Station order

Alphanumeric

Ensemble Valid

DAB radio

DAB

Station order

Prune stations

If you move to a different part of the country, some of the stations which were listed may no

longer be available. Also, from time to time, some DAB services may stop broadcasting, or may

change location or frequency. Stations which cannot be found, or which have not been received

for a very long time are shown in the station list with a question mark. The Prune stations function

will delete the marked DAB stations from your station list.

1. Press the

2. Press the

mode. Press the

3. Press the

4. Press the

Press the

5. To cause the stations list to be pruned, eliminating unavailable stations rotate the

Control Rotary

6. Press the

station list. If you do not wish to prune stations, highlight 'NO' and then press the

Rotary

Note:

Standby

Mode

Tuning Control Rotary

button to switch on your radio.

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the option.

button to enter the DAB menu.

until 'Prune invalid' is highlighted.

until 'YES' is highlighted on the display.

Tuning Control Rotary

to cause the invalid station names to be removed from the

. The display will revert to the previous menu.

as needed to highlight DAB radio

Tuning

Tuning Control

If you have moved your radio to a different part of the country you should also carry out a search

for new stations (please see the section 'Finding new stations').

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DAB Radio

Scan Manual tune

Prune invalid

DRC Station order

Prune invalid

This removes all invalid

DAB radio

DAB

Stations continue?

> >

FM Radio

Operating your radio in FM mode

1. Carefully extend the telescopic aerial and press the

Standby

button to switch on your radio.

2. Press the

Mode

mode. Press the

3. Rotate the

Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

as needed to highlight FM radio

to select the option.

in a clockwise direction. The displayed frequency will increase.

to carry out an auto-tune. Your radio will scan up the FM band

from the currently displayed frequency and will stop scanning when it nds a station of sufcient

strength.

4. The display will show the frequency of the signal which has been found. If RDS information is

available, after a few seconds the display will show the radio station name. If you only hear hiss

or interference, simply press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to scan further. Your radio may have

found a spurious interference signal.

5. To nd more FM stations press the

down in frequency, rotate the

press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to repeat the scan operation. To scan

in a anti-clockwise direction rst and then

. Your radio will scan down the FM band from the currently

displayed frequency and will stop scanning when it nds a signal of sufcient strength.

6. When the end of the waveband is reached your radio will recommence tuning from the opposite

end of the waveband. Use the Volume control knob to adjust the sound level as needed.

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Manual tuning

1. Carefully extend the telescopic aerial and press the Standby button to switch on your radio.

2. Press the

Mode

mode. Press the

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

as needed to highlight FM radio

to select the option.

to control the frequency that the radio will tune to. The

frequency will change in steps of 50kHz.When the end of the waveband is reached the radio

will recommence tuning from the opposite end of the waveband.

4. Use the

Volume

control knob to adjust the sound level as needed.

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Display modes

Your radio has a range of display options when in FM mode:-

1. Press the

Info

button to cycle through the different options.

a. Text Displays text messages such as the artist or track name, phone in

number, trafc alerts, etc.

b. Program Type Displays the type of station being listened to such as Pop, Classic,

News etc.

c. Frequency Displays the frequency of the FM signal.

d. Date Displays the current date.

Note: If no RDS information is available, then the radio will only be able to display the frequency.

There will be no text or program type information available under these conditions.

The radio only provides displays when there is information available. So if there is no text, for

example, that display is not available.

The RDS indicator at the bottom of the display shows that there is some RDS data present in the

broadcast being received.

The stereo speaker display shows that the radio is receiving a stereo broadcast (please see also

'Stereo/Mono switching').

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Scan setting

When using the FM mode your radio can be set to either scan local stations or to scan all

stations including distant radio stations.

1. Press the

Mode

mode. Press the

2. Press the

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

Control Rotary

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

button to enter the FM menu.

to enter the scan adjustment mode. The current scan setting is indicated with

Tuning Control Rotary

as needed to highlight FM radio

to select the option.

until 'Scan setting' is highlighted and then press the

Tuning

an asterisk.

4. To set your radio so that only the stations with the strongest signals are found during scanning

rotate

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'YES' is highlighted. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

conrm the setting. (Normally this will restrict scanning to local transmissions.)

Alternatively, to set your radio so that all available stations are found during scanning (local and

distant transmissions) rotate the Tuning Control Rotary until 'NO' is highlighted. Press the Tuning

Control Rotary to conrm the setting.

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Scan setting

Audio setting System setting Main menu

FM station scan

Strong stations only?

FM station scan

Strong stations only?

radio

> >

Stereo / Mono switching

If the FM radio station being listened to has a weak signal, some hiss may be audible. It is

possible to reduce this hiss by forcing the radio to play the station in mono rather than stereo.

1. Press the

Mode

button. Rotate and press the

Tuning Control Rotary

as needed to select the

FM radio mode display and tune to the required FM station as previously described.

2. Press the

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

button to enter the FM menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the audio setting mode. The current setting is indicated with

until 'Audio setting' is highlighted on the display. Press the

an asterisk.

4. To switch to mono in order to reduce the hiss from a weak FM signal rotate the

Rotary

until 'YES' is highlighted. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting.

Alternatively, to return to the normal automatic 'stereo or mono' mode press the

Rotary

until 'NO' is highlighted. Press the

Tuning Control rotary

to conrm the setting.

Tuning Control

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Audio setting

System setting Main menu

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radio

> >

Presetting stations in DAB and FM modes

There are 5 memory presets each for DAB and FM radio. They are used in the same way for

each operating mode.

1. Press the

Standby

button to switch on your radio.

2. Tune to the required radio station as previously described.

3. To store the station as a preset, press and hold the required

Preset

button (1-5) until the display

shows 'Preset stored'. The station will be stored under the chosen preset button. Repeat this

procedure as needed for the remaining presets.

4. Stations which are already stored in the presets may be over written by following the above

procedure.

Note:

The radio station presets are retained in memory when the radio is switched off and disconnected

from the mains supply.

Recalling a preset in DAB and FM modes

1. Press the

2. Select the required operating mode.

3. Momentarily press the required

the selected preset memory. The chosen preset number is also shown in the lower area of the

radio display, e.g. '★4'.

Standby

button to switch on your radio.

Preset

button. Your radio will then tune to the station stored in

104.90MHz

Preset stored

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FM Radio

Listening to Spotify

Playing music using Spotify Connect

Introduce your radio to a whole new world of music. With Spotify, you can enjoy instant access to

millions of songs.

A Spotify Premium subscription is required. For details, see the Spotify homepage.

http://www.spotify.com

The Spotify software is subject to third party licenses found here: www.spotify.com/connect/third-party-licenses

1. Prepare for playback

● Download Spotify app ( ) to your smartphone or tablet and log in to the app.

● Check the network environment and then turn on this radio’s power (please refer to ‘Conguration’

in the previous section.)

Note:

It is necessary that your radio and your smartphone connect to the same wi network, so that you can nd the radio on your smartphone or tablet later.

● Ensure your radio has the "Keep Network Connected" option turned on to enable Spotify Connect to access the radio in Standby mode or non-network mode (DAB/ FM/ Aux-In).

2. Open Spotify on your smartphone, then enter the Playback screen as shown in the right side.

Note:

On some devices the layout of controls within the Spotify app may be different from that shown and may also change with different versions of the app. Refer to

3. Press the

Mode

display. Press the

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the option. The message 'Waiting for Users'

is displayed.

spotify.com/connect

if needed.

to highlight the Spotify mode

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Spotify

4. Play tracks via your radio.

Press the Connect icon at the bottom of the screen and you should find your radio on the

list. Press the item and your smartphone/tablet is linked with your radio. You can see the green

Connect icon indicating the connect is on radio. Now you can listen to audio streamed wirelessly

from your linked smartphone/ tablet.

Note:

If you cannot see the icon, it indicates no connect device available. Check your device’s user

manual or the manufacture’s support site as a rmware upgrade may be required.

5. Control playback.

Use the controls on your Connect-enabled device (i.e Smartphone/tablet) or controls on your

radio to play or pause audio, navigate tracks and control volume.

6. Disconnect Spotify from your radio

Press the icon and you will see your smartphone on the list, press the item and Spotify will

play via your smartphone. In addition, you can switch off your radio or use the mode button to

select a different operating mode.

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Display mode- Spotify Connect

Your radio has a range of display options when playing Spotify Connect. Press the Info button to

cycle through the different options

a. Progress bar Displays the playback progress for the track currently playing

b. Artist Displays the name of the artist for the track currently playing

c. Album Displays the name of the album from which the current track is taken.

d. Bit rate Displays the bit rate and sampling rate of the track currently playing

e. Playback buffer Displays the radios internal buffer level

Note:

If the Audio streaming from Spotify Connect is interrupted or stopped (e.g. control passed to

another device), the message “Waiting for Users” is displayed.

Spotify 09:08

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Spotify

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Artist: Jessie J

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Album: Sweet Talker

Spotify

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Bit rate: 320 kbps Sampling Rate:

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Streaming data rate - Spotify Connect

Your radio can change different music streaming quality when you stream content from Spotify. If your

internet connection has a low data usage allowance, or has a relatively low maximum data rate, it is

strongly suggested that your radio uses a lower streaming quality (data rate) for Spotify connections.

In some cases this may allow more reliable streaming, although some loss of audio quality will occur.

The data rate used for Spotify Connect is con gured on a web browser.

1. You need to access the radio's con guration web page following the steps below:

Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the Menu button> Select “System settings”>

Select “Network”> Select “View settings”> Use the Select button to enter the “View settings”

and IP address is shown on the display> Note down the IP address shown on the display for

the next stage> Ensure that your computer/ Smartphone is on the same network as the radio.

Enter the IP address noted above into the address bar of your web browser.

2. When you enter the radio’s conguration web page, the top page allows you to choose the

streaming quality (96k/ 160k/ 320k). The selected streaming quality will be applied when your

radio streams music from a new playlist of Spotify.

Friendly name - Spotify Connect

You can personalize the name of your radio so that it can be easily identied within connected

network, UPnP server or Spotify app.

1. Follow the steps described in point 1 above and you can view some of the radios settings as

well as changing the “Friendly name.”

Internet radio

Last listened Station list

System settings

Main menu

System settings

Equaliser

Network

Time/Date Brightness Contrast

Network settings

Network wizard WPS WiFi setup

View settings

Wlan region Manual settings

View settings

DHCP enable

SSID:

Julia S

IP address:

192.168.1.27

2. Type the name in the box and click Apply to save the change. The new Friendly name will be

viewable on the connect network devices.

Clock and Alarms

Automatically updating the clock

Your radio will normally update the clock automatically when connected to the internet. If you

enter a time setting manually, the radio will calculate a local time offset which is then stored in

memory. Whenever it synchronizes the clock using the internet, including after a power failure,

your radio will then set the clock automatically using this information.

You may wish to use the radio away from the internet, in which case you may specify that the

unit sets its clock from DAB or FM radio broadcasts.

After a power failure the radio will then set its clock the next time that you turn on the radio in

DAB or FM mode. Alternatively you may specify that the time is not automatically updated. In this

case the clock must always be set manually after a power interruption.

1. With your radio switched on, press the

2. Rotate the

the

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

4. Rotate

Control Rotary

5. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the time setup.

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the auto-update menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the system settings menu.

from FM', 'Update from Network' or 'No update' as required. Press the

button to access the menu for the current mode.

until 'System settings' is highlighted on the display. Press

until 'Time/Date' is highlighted on the display. Press the

until 'Auto update' is highlighted on the display. Press

Tuning

to choose an update option from 'Update from DAB', 'Update

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm your choice. The radio will then exit to the previous menu display.

Main menu

FM Aux in Sleep Alarms

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System settings

Equaliser Network

Time/Date

Language

Time/Date

Set Time/Date

Auto update

Set format Set timezone Daylight savings

Auto update

Update from DAB

Update from FM Update from Network No update

> >

Setting the clock format

The clock display used in standby mode and on the playing mode screens can be set to 12 or 24

hour format. The selected format is then also used when setting the alarms.

1. With your radio switched on, press the

button to access the menu for the current mode.

Main menu

FM Aux in Sleep Alarms

System settings

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

4. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the system settings menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the time setup.

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the clock format menu. The current clock display format is

until 'System settings' is highlighted on the display. Press the

until 'Time/Date' is highlighted on the display. Press the

until 'Set format' is highlighted on the display. Press the

marked with an asterisk.

5. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

Control Rotary

to select either 12 or 24 hour format. Press the

to confirm your choice of clock format. The display will then revert to the

Tuning

previous menu.

If the 12 hour clock format is chosen, the radio will then use the 12 hour clock for the setting of

alarms, and will display a 12 hour clock with an AM or PM indicator when in standby mode.

2-5

System settings

Equaliser Network

Time/Date

Language

Time/Date

Set Time/Date Auto update

Set format

Set timezone Daylight savings

Date/Time

12/24 hour format

> >

Manually setting the clock

The SIR-300 radio will normally set its clock automatically to local time after a connection to the

Internet has been established. Should you need to set the time manually, change the time zone,

or manually switch from winter to summer time (GMT to BST - also known as daylight savings

time), then please follow this procedure.

Main menu

FM Aux in Sleep Alarms

System settings

1. Press the Standby button to switch on your radio.

2. To set all time settings press the

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the system settings menu.

button to access the menu for the current mode.

until 'System settings' is highlighted on the display. Press the

4. To change the time zone setting go to step 11. To change from winter to summer time go to

step 13. To change the current time or date setting rotate the

'Time/Date' is highlighted on the display, then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the

time and date setting screen.

5. Rotate the

the

6. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

7. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the selection. The month digits will then ash.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Set Time/Date' is highlighted on the display. Press

to enter the clock setup. The day digits will ash.

until the correct day is shown on the display. Press the

to select the correct month. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

The year digits will then ash.

until

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System settings

Equaliser Network

Time/Date

Language

Time/Date

Set Time/Date

Auto update Set format Set timezone Daylight savings

Set Time/Date

24-08-2010

13:53

Set Time/Date

24-08-2010

13:53

> >

Rotate the

Rotary

Rotate the

Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the correct year. Press the

to enter the selection. The hour digits will then ash.

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the correct hour. Press the

to enter the selection. The minute digits will then ash.

Tuning Control

8-14

Set Time/Date

24-08-2010

13:53

Rotate the

10.

Rotary

Rotate the

11.

press the

Rotate the

12.

location, then press the

Rotate the

13.

press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the correct minutes. Press the

to enter the selection. The display will then return to the previous menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Set time zone' is highlighted on the display then

to highlight the time zone which is applicable to your

to conrm the setting.

until 'Daylight savings' is highlighted on the display then

. The asterisk shows the current setting. (In the UK, ON is

equivalent to British Summer Time, OFF is equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time.)

Rotate the

14.

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting.

to highlight 'ON' or 'OFF' as required then press the

Tuning Control

Time/Date

Set Time/Date Auto update Set format

Set timezone

Daylight savings

Time/Date

Set Time/Date Auto update Set format Set timezone Daylight savings

Set Time/Date

24-08-2010

13:53

Set Time/Date

24-08-2010

13:53

Set timezone

UTC+00:00:Dublin,Lon

UTC+00:30:

UTC+01:00:Madrid,Arr... UTC+01:30:

UTC+02:00:Athens,Ca...

Daylight savings

Setting the alarm clock

Your radio has two separate alarms which can be set to wake you to either the radio, USB or a

buzzer alarm. In the event of a power interruption your radio has built in memory that will retain

your alarm settings. Ensure that the time is set correctly before setting the alarms.

1. Press the

Press the

2. Rotate the

Rotary

3. Rotate the

Press the

4. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the selection.

Tuning Control Rotary

Control Rotary

5. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

button and rotate the

to adjust the alarm time.

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Main menu’ is highlighted.

to enter the menu.

until ‘Alarms’ is highlighted and the press the

Tuning Control

until the desired alarm (1 or 2) is highlighted on the display.

to enter alarm setup.

until 'Time' is highlighted on the display. Press the

to choose the alarm hour. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning

to conrm the setting.

6. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to choose the alarm minute. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting. The display will then return to the alarm setting menu. If the radio has

been set to use a 12 hour clock format, there will also be an option here for setting AM or PM

for the alarm time.

Alarms

Alarm 1: Off [00:00]

Alarm 2: Off [00:00]

Alarm 1

Enable:Off

Time: 00:00

Mode: Buzzer Volume: 20

1-6

Save

Alarm 1- Set time

07:00

Alarm 1- Set time

07:30

Setting the alarm clock - cont.

Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight 'Enable' and press the

Tuning Control Rotary

The display will show the Frequency options for the alarm. The alarm frequency options are as

follows:

'Off' - the alarm will be disabled

'Daily' - the alarm will sound everyday

'Once' - the alarm will sound once

'Weekends' - the alarm will sound only at weekends

'Weekdays' - the alarm will sound on weekdays only

Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to choose the required alarm frequency option. Choosing

Off will disable the alarm. Press the Tuning Control Rotary to confirm the selection. If you

choose to set the alarm to Once you will also need to set the date using the

Rotary

The alarm can be set to buzzer, Internet radio, DAB radio, FM radio. For whichever radio

Tuning Control

mode is selected, the radio alarm may be set to any of the stations which have been stored

as presets or to the station most recently listened to. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

highlight the current 'Mode' option for the alarm, then press the Tuning Control Rotary if you

wish to change it. Rotate the Tuning Control Rotary to highlight either 'Buzzer' or the required

mode. Press the

If setting the alarm to a radio option, rotate the

option then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the selection.

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight the 'Preset:'

if you wish to change it. Choose from either the

radio station 'Last listened' to, or from the presets 1 - 5. Scroll to the chosen option and press

Tuning Control Rotary

the

to conrm the selection. Note that you can only set the alarm to

use a preset which has already been stored.

Enable:Once Time: 07:30

Mode: Buzzer

Volume: 20 Save

Enable:Once Time: 07:30 Mode: DAB

Preset: Last listened

Volume: 20

Alarm 1

7-9

Alarm 1

Enable:Off

Time: 07:30 Mode: Buzzer Volume: 20 Save

Alarm 1 frequency

Off Daily

Once

Weekends Weekdays

Alarm1 date/time

24-08-2010

07:30

Alarm 1 mode

Buzzer

Internet radio DAB FM

Alarm 1 preset

Last listened

1. Radio Luxembourg

2. Rlck Antenne

3. Absolute Radio

4. [Not set]

Setting the alarm clock - cont.

10.

Rotate the

press the

setting for each alarm when it sounds. Set the required volume using the

Rotary

11.

In order to store the alarm settings rotate the

highlighted. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting.

Tuning Control Rotary

until the 'Volume:' option is highlighted on the display and

if you wish to change it. The radio uses the saved volume

Tuning Control

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Save' is

to store the alarm settings. Your radio will

show 'Alarm saved' and will then go back to the list of alarms with the new alarm setting

shown in the display. If you decide not to save the settings, press the

Back

button. The

display will show 'Save changes' with a 'YES' or 'NO' option. Rotate the Tuning Control

Rotary to choose 'NO' and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

. 'Alarm not saved' will

show on the display. Active alarms are shown using small alarm indicators at the bottom of

the playing displays and on the clock display when in standby.

Note:

If you make a mistake at any point while setting the alarms, use the Back button to go back

to the previous screen.

10,11

Alarm 1

Enable:Once Time: 07:30 Mode: DAB Preset: Last listened

Volume:20

Alarm 1 volume

Alarm Saved

When the alarm sounds

The buzzer or radio alarm will sound at the selected times for up to 60 minutes unless cancelled.

The volume used for the alarm will be as specified during the alarm setting procedure. If the

radio cannot connect to the specied radio station, the buzzer alarm will be used instead. To

cancel an alarm, press the Standby button to return to standby mode. The alarm icon will ash at

the bottom of the playing mode displays, and the radio will automatically switch back to standby

mode when the 60 minutes have elapsed.

Note:

If you have your earphone insert while the alarm is sounding, the sound of the alarm will come

out from your earphone.

Disabling alarms

1. To disable a single alarm enter the alarm setup menu and rotate the

the desired alarm is highlighted on the display. Press the

2. Rotate the

the

3. Rotate the

4. Rotate the

the

Tuning Control Rotary

until the 'Enable:' option is highlighted on the display. Press

to highlight 'Off' and press the

until the 'Save' option is highlighted on the display then press

to save the new setting. The chosen alarm will now be disabled.

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm.

Tuning Control Rotary

until

1-4

Alarms

Alarm 1: On [07:30]

Alarm 2: Off [00:00]

Buzzer 11:07

A l a r m

Alarm 1

Enable:Off

Time: 07:30 Mode: Buzzer Volume: 20 Save

Snooze timer

1. The buzzer or radio alarm can be silenced for 5 minutes by pressing the Alarm button. Should

you wish for a longer snooze duration this can be extended. Pressing the Alarm button again

while the radio is snoozed will set the available snooze time to 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes.

2. While the snooze timer is active the remaining snooze time is shown next to the ashing alarm

icon on the clock display.

3. In order to cancel the Snooze timer while the alarm is suspended, press the Standby button.

The display will briey show an 'Alarm Off' message.

1 5 / 0 4 / 2 0 1 4

10:56

1 1 : 4 7

Sleep timer

Your radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed. The sleep timer setting can be

adjusted between 15 and 120 minutes in 15 minute increments.

1. Press the

Press the

2. Rotate the

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

until ‘Main menu’ is highlighted.

to enter the menu.

until ‘Sleep’ is highlighted. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

enter the setup. 'Sleep off' will appear on the display.

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the desired sleep time. The options are 15 to 120

minutes in 5 minutes increment. Use the OFF option to cancel the sleep function.

4. Your radio will switch off after the preset sleep time has elapsed.

5. Your radio will switch into standby mode after the preset time has elapsed. An active sleep

timer is shown using a small timer indicator at the bottom of the playing displays. This indicator

also shows the sleep time remaining before the radio switches itself into standby mode.

6. To cancel the sleep time before the preset time has elapsed and to turn off the radio, press the

Standby button to turn the unit off manually. To cancel the sleep timer and leave the radio

playing, go back into the sleep timer settings (steps 1 to 3 above) and select the Off option in

step 3. Alternatively, simply press the

Standby

button twice in succession to cancel the timer

and switch the radio back on again.

1,2

Alarm 1

15 minutes

FM 11:00

105.10MHz

FM Radio

1 2

Set sleep time

Sleep OFF

Main menu

FM Aux in

Sleep

Alarms System settings

Inactive standby

Your radio can be set to standby mode automatically if it idles for a preset period of time. The idle

time setting can be adjusted between 2, 4, 5 and 6 hours.

1. Press the

Press the

2. Rotate the

Rotary

to enter the setup. Options for idle time will appear on the display.

3. Rotate the

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning control Rotary

until 'System Settings' is highlighted.

to enter the menu.

until 'Inactive Standby' is highlighted. Press the

Tuning Control

to select the desired idle time. Use the OFF option to cancel

the inactive standby function.

4. You radio will switch to standby mode when your radio idle for a preset period of time.

Mute function

Pressing the

1. Press the

2. Press the

output.

Volume control knob

Volume Control Knob

Volume Control knob

will mute the output from the loudspeakers.

to mute the sound output.

again or rotate the Volume Control Knob to un-mute the sound

1,2,3

1,2

System settings

Equaliser Network

Time/Date

Inactive Standby

Language

Timeout

Off

2 hours

4 hours 5 hours 6 hours

> > >

Display and Audio

Equalizer function

The sound on your radio can be adjusted to suit your personal taste for the material that you are

listening to. The SIR-300 has a range of equalizer modes. Alternatively you may set the treble

and bass levels to your own preferences which can be accessed from the My EQ menu item.

1. Press the

Press the

2. Rotate the

Control Rotary

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

button and rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm.

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm your selection.

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the setup.

until 'Equalizer' is highlighted on the display. Press the

to cycle through and highlight the various modes. Press the

a - Flat

b - Rock

c - Pop

d - Jazz

e - Classic

f - News

g - Movie

h - My EQ

The currently selected mode is marked with an asterisk.

until ‘System settings’ is highlighted.

Tuning

1-3

Main menu

FM Aux in Sleep Alarms System settings

System settings

Equaliser

Network Time/Date Language Touch pad set

Equaliser

Flat

Rock Pop Jazz Classic

> > > >

Setting up your My EQ prole

If you nd the preset equalizer functions not to your liking, you may set up a custom treble and

bass setting as follows:

1. Follow steps 1-2 in the previous section in order to enter the Equalizer menu.

2. Rotate the Press the

3. To adjust the bass level rotate the

Press the

Rotary

you adjust the level. Press the

4. To adjust the treble level rotate the

display. Press the

Control Rotary

as you adjust the level. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'My EQ prole setup' is highlighted on the display.

to enter the adjustment mode.

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the adjustment mode and rotate the

until 'Bass' is highlighted on the display.

Tuning Control

until the desired level (between -14 and +14) is displayed. The sound will change as

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the adjustment mode and rotate the

when you are happy with the bass setting.

until 'Treble' is highlighted on the

Tuning

until the desired level (between -14 and +14) is displayed. The sound will change

Tuning Control Rotary

when you are happy with the treble

setting.

5. To adjust the loudness rotate the

display. Press the

Control Rotary

6. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to choose to activate or deactivate the loudness function.

Back

button and the display will prompt you to save the changes. If you wish to save

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the setting and repeatedly press the

until 'Loudness' is highlighted on the

Tuning

the changes highlight 'YES'. If you do not wish to save the changes highlight 'NO'. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

7. To use the 'My EQ' prole rotate the

press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the selection.

Tuning Control Rotary

to make the selection.

until 'My EQ' is highlighted, and then

The treble and bass settings will be remembered for the next time that you wish to use the 'My EQ' setting.

2-6

Equaliser

Classic Pop News My EQ My EQ profile setup

My EQ profile setup

Bass: 0 Treble: 0 Loudness: off

Bass

Treble

Brightness control

The brightness of the display can be adjusted for when the radio is in standby and for when it is

in use. If you use the unit in the bedroom, you may prefer a lower standby brightness level than a

higher brightness setting.

1. Press the

pressing the

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Brightness' is highlighted on the display. Press the

setting.

3. In brightness menu, there are 3 settings:

Time out

On level

Dime level

Rotary

Standby

Tuning Control Rotary

button to switch on your radio. Access the menu for the current mode by

button.

until 'System settings' is highlighted on the display. Press the

to enter the system settings menu. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

:to adjust the length of time before the backlight turns off.

: to adjust the the brightness when the radio is in use.

: to adjust the brightness when the radio is in stanby. Rotate the

to select your option and press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the

Tuning Control

to conrm your setting.

Main menu

FM Aux in Sleep Alarms

System settings

Brightness

Contrast Equaliser Network Time/Date

> >

Backlight

Timeout On level Dim level

> >

2-3

Language selection

By default your radio will display all menus and messages in English. You can choose your

preferred language.

1. Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the

Rotary

until 'System settings' is highlighted on the display. Press the

button. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning Control

to enter the settings menu.

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the menu.

until 'Language' is highlighted on the display. Press the

3. Rotate the Tuning Control Rotary until your preferred language is highlighted and press the

Tuning Control Rotary to conrm the setting.

SELECT /SEEK

1-3

System settings

Inactive Standby Language Factory Reset Software update Setup wizard

Language

English French German Italian Danish

Headphone socket

A 3.5mm Headphone Socket located on the left hand side of your radio is provided for use with

headphones. Inserting a plug automatically mutes the internal loudspeaker.

Please be aware that the sensitivity of headphones can vary widely. We therefore recommend

setting volume to a low level before connecting headphones to the radio. It is also recommended

to reduce the volume before unplugging your headphones.

IMPORTANT:

Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss.

Line out socket (3.5mm Jack)

A 3.5mm

the audio signal to an external amplier. Inserting an audio cable into this socket will not mute the

internal loudspeaker. Set the volume control on the radio to minimum if desired.

Line Out

socket located on the left hand side of your radio is provided for connecting

Auxiliary input socket

A 3.5mm Auxiliary Input socket located on the left hand side of your radio is provided for

connecting the audio signal from an external audio source such as an MP3 or CD player.

1. Connect a stereo lead from the headphone output of your MP3 or CD player to the Aux In socket

located on the left hand side of your radio. Typically this lead will have a 3.5mm stereo plug at

both ends.

2. Switch on your radio.

3. Press the

Mode

display. Press the

button rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to select the option.

until 'AUX in' mode is shown on the

4. Press the 'play' on the connected audio device. If you are using its headphone output for the

connection, set its volume control to a level of somewhere between two-thirds and maximum

(the objective is to get a strong audio signal but without too much distortion). Then adjust the

volume on the radio as required.

Note:

if using an iPod as the sound source, you may need to set its output to maximum to get an

adequate audio signal level.

5. After use, disconnect your player in order to listen to your radio conventionally.

Aux in

AUX

Information

Factory reset

If you wish to completely reset your radio to its initial state this may be performed by following

this procedure. By performing a factory reset, all user entered settings will be erased.

1. Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the

Rotary

to highlight the 'Main menu' option, then press the

button. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning Control

to conrm.

Main menu

FM Aux in Sleep Alarms System settings

2. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

3. Rotate the

Control Rotary

proceed. If you do not wish to carry out a system reset, highlight 'NO' and then press the

Control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'System settings' is highlighted and then press the

to conrm the setting.

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting. Rotate the

until 'Factory Reset' is highlighted and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting. The display will revert to the previous menu.

Tuning

to highlight 'YES' to

Tuning

4. With 'YES' highlighted, a full reset will be performed and the radio will restart as if rst plugged

in. The DAB stations list together with any preset stations will be erased and your wireless

network connection details will be lost. All conguration settings will be restored to their defaults,

the clock and alarms will be reset.

In case of malfunction for any reason, reset the product as described above to resume normal

operation. It may be necessary in some cases to disconnect the mains power, then reconnect

power after 10 seconds. In case of malfunction due to electrical fast transient (burst), reset

the product as above (reconnection of the power source may be required) to resume normal

operation.

1-3

System settings

Time/Date Language Touch pad set Rec. Default dest.

Factory reset

Proceed?

WELCOME TO

DIGITAL RADIO

Setup wizard

Start now?

> >

Software update

From time to time, new software features for your radio may be developed. Your radio has therefore been designed to allow its internal software to be updated using your Internet connection. You should not attempt to update your radio unless it is recommended to you by Sangean Customer Services. Updating the software may remove all network settings, radio station presets and alarm settings from your radio. It is important that you do not attempt this procedure unless you have a good Internet connection and a reliable mains power supply. If the radio connects to your router using a WiFi connection, make sure that this is also reliable before proceeding.

1. The 'Software update' option is accessed via the 'System settings' menu. When you select 'Software update' the menu will display 'Auto check setting' and 'Check now'. If you want your radio to check periodically for new software versions rotate the 'Auto check settings'. Then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to highlight

and select 'YES'. If you do not

want your radio to check for updates select the 'NO' option.

2. To check if there are any software updates available currently, press the to highlight 'Check now' and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to confirm the setting.

The radio will check to see if an update is available. The display will show 'Checking for new versions'. If there are no updates then the display will show 'Software up to date'. If a software

update is available your radio will then offer the choice of updating the software or not, displaying

'New version available. Update software?'. Select the 'YES' option if you wish to go through

the update process.

3. If you choose to update your radio it will rst download the new software and will then reprogram its internal memory. This may take a few minutes depending on the speed of your internet

connection.

4. Once the software update is completed, the radio will prompt you to press select to restart. Press the

Tuning Control Rotary

and your radio will then restart. You may nd that you will need to recongure your network connection following an update. You may also need to re-enter all radio station presets, alarm settings, and conguration options.

Main menu

FM Aux in Sleep Alarms System settings

System settings

Factory reset

Software update

Info

Software update

Auto-check setting

Check now

Software update

Check periodically for

new versions?

Software update

Auto-check setting

Check now

VERY IMPORTANT:

Do not switch off the power to the radio until the update operation is

complete and the radio has restarted, otherwise the unit may become permanently damaged.

Network proles

Each time that you connect your radio to a WiFi network, the radio will store the details of that connection (SSID, security key, DHCP/IP address settings) as a prole. Up to four such proles

are stored in the radio so that if the unit is used in multiple locations there is no need to enter the

network settings when returning to a location previously visited.

The radios stores the four most recent proles in memory identied by their SSID. Normally the radio will attempt to connect to one of the stored proles and only if it is unable to do so will you need to use the Network Wizard.

In the event that you visit a location only once you may wish to delete the prole for the network in that location to avoid losing other proles.

Internet radio

Last listened Station list

System settings

Main menu

System settings

Equaliser

Network

Time/Date Lantuage

> >

1. Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the

Rotary

until 'System settings' is highlighted on the display. Press the

button. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning Control

enter the settings menu.

2. Rotate the

Control Rotary

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the Network settings menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Network' is highlighted on the display. Press the

until 'Network prole' is highlighted on the display. Press the

to see the stored proles. The prole which is currently in use (if any) is

Tuning

marked with an asterisk.

4. To remove a prole from memory, rotate the

deleted and then press the

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting.

to highlight the prole to be

5. The radio will offer a 'YES' or 'NO' selection. Rotate the Tuning Control Rotary to select 'YES'

and then press the

Note:

Tuning Control Rotary

to conrm the setting. The selected prole will be deleted.

that it is not possible to delete a prole which is currently in use.

Network settings

Network wizard View settings Wlan region Manual settings

Network profile

Jones family Paul’s network Test router

Confirm delete

Software version display

The software version display is provided for reference and customer support purposes and

cannot be changed.

1. Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the

button. Rotate the Tuning Control

Rotary until 'System settings' is highlighted on the display. Press the

to enter the System settings menu.

2. Rotate the

Control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Info' is highlighted on the display. Press the

to display the software version and radio ID.

Audio FAQ

Your radio can access some audio help for Internet Radio use.

1. With your radio switched on and in the Internet Radio mode, rotate the

until 'Station list' is highlighted on the display and the

2. Rotate the

Control Rotary

3. Rotate the

Tuning Control Rotary

to enter the Help menu.

Tuning Control Rotary

until 'Help' is highlighted on the display. Press the

until 'FAQ' is highlighted. Press the

display some frequently asked questions.

4. Rotate the

the

Tuning Control Rotary

to choose a question that suits your requirements and press

to listen to the answer. Adjust the volume as needed.

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning

Tuning Control Rotary

Tuning

Tuning Control Rotary

FM Aux in Sleep Alarms System settings

Factory reset Software update Setup wizard

info

SW version:

ir-mmi-FS2026-0200-0008 _V2.0.20.31732-1B8

Radio ID:

002261123ABC

Main menu

System settings

Info

Accessing your audio files via a UPnP server using

Windows Vista and XP

If your computer is running Windows Vista or XP, then Windows Media

Player version 11 includes a UPnP server which will make your files

available to your radio. There are other UPnP server solutions available

for non-Windows users and for Windows users who may wish to use

an alternative (see the section of Use with Windows, Apple Mac and

Linux).

It is beyond the scope of this instruction book to cover all possible

options for UPnP. We explain the use of Microsoft's Windows Media

Player here since that will be the rst choice for the majority of users.

Set up UPnP access on a Windows PC

1. If your PC is running Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP

then you can use Microsoft's Windows Media Player version 11

to act as your UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) media server. If not

already installed on your PC, Windows Media Player 11 may be

dow nload ed from Microsoft’s web site and installed by following the

instructions detailed in its installation wizard, or by using Microsoft's

Windows Update facility.

2. Once installed, Windows Media Player 11 can create a library from

all the media files available to it on your PC. To add new media

files to the library, select the 'Library' tab, then 'Add to Library… >

Advanced Options', click 'Add', choose the les you wish to add and

click ‘OK’.

The next step is to connect your radio to Windows Media Player 11

and to congure the program to allow the radio to access your media

library.

3. Press the Standby button to switch the unit on. Then press the

Mode

button and rotate the

until the Music Player mode display is shown. Press the

Control Rotary

then be displayed.

to select the option. The main 'Music Player' menu will

Tuning Control Rotary

as needed

Tuning

Set up UPnP access on a Windows PC - cont.

4. Rotate the

and press the

available UPnP servers. It may take a few seconds for the radio

to complete its scan. The radio will display '<Empty>' if no UPnP

servers are found.

5. After scanning, select your UPnP server using the

Rotary

normally display 'Unauthorized - Select to retry' at this stage.

6. Your PC may prompt you that there has been a connection to your

UPnP server. Whether prompted or not, in order that the radio may

access the music les, you will need to click the 'Library' tab in WMP

11 and select the 'Media Sharing…' item to open the 'Media Sharing'

window. Make sure the box 'Share my media to:' is ticked.

7. In the 'Media Sharing' window, the radio will be listed as an unknown

device. Click on the unknown device shown to select it, then click the

'Allow' button and then click 'OK'.

Note:

If you are using Microsoft Windows' rewall software, this should be

correctly congured by WMP 11. If you are using third party rewall

software you may need to manually congure it to allow your unit and

WMP 11 to communicate.

8. On the radio, select the named server again using the

Control Rotary

Tuning Control Rotary

. If you are using WMP 11 as the server, your radio will then

. If WMP 11 is now able to communicate with your

until 'Shared media' is highlighted

. The radio will scan for all

Tuning Control

Tuning

radio you will be presented with some media selection options on the

display.

Audio codecs

Bit-Rates

Your radio supports a range of audio codecs which provide compatibility

with a wide range of Internet Radio stations. These also allow users to

stream music from their computers or to play directly from USB and SD/

SDHC  ash memory devices.

Note that for any given audio codec, there are many streaming

protocols available, and thus even if an Internet Radio station uses a

supported format, this does not guarantee that every such station will

work with your radio. The radio stations database to which your radio

connects is checked for compatibility so that most stations should be

playable without problems. Similarly when streaming media from a

computer, while a codec may be supported, there can be many subtle

variations in formats, tagging schemes and protocols (even within

UPnP). In general your radio will play the supported formats with most

common UPnP servers.

The following table summarizes the maximum supported bit-rates for

the various audio formats that are playable on your radio. Higher rates

may be playable in some cases but performance of the product may be

affected.

Codec Maximum supported rate

AAC (LC) 320 kbits/sec MP3 320 kbits/sec Real Audio 64 kbits/sec WAV 1.536 Mbits/sec WMA (3) 320 kbits/sec

All codecs support 2-channel (stereo) coded les only.

All codecs support sample rates up to 48 kbits/sec (includes 32 and

44.1 kbits/sec).

USB and SD/SDHC playback supports MP3 and WMA formats only.

Files which have Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection applied

will not be playable on your radio.

(1) The maximum supported bit-rate is for a 48 kHz sampling, 2 channels

and 16-bits per sample.

(2) WMA Lossless, WMA Voice, WMA 10 Professional, and les which

have DRM protection are not supported.

Cautions

Do not allow your radio to be exposed to water, steam or sand.

Do not leave your radio where excessive heat could cause damage.

The name plate is located on the rear of the radio.

The radio shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no

●

objects lled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the radio.

It is recommended to operate the product such that there is a

●

minimum distance (10cm recommended) to adjacent objects in order

to ensure good ventilation.

The ventilation of the product should not be restricted by covering it

●

with items such as newspapers, tablecloths, curtains etc.

No naked ame sources such as lighted candles should be placed

●

on the product.

It is recommended to avoid using or storing the product at extremes

●

of temperature. Avoid leaving the unit in cars, on windows sills, in

direct sunlight etc.

The radio must be used in a moderate climate.

●

Specications

Circuit features

Power Requirements

Mains Power Supply

Frequency Coverage

DAB

WiFi

AC 100- 240 V/50/60 Hz/12W

87.5 - 108 MHz

174.928 - 239.200 MHz

802.11b and 802.11g supported with WEP and

WPA/WPA2 encryption

Compatible with 802.11n routers which

offer mixed mode support for 802.11b/g

Support dual frequency 5G/2.4G router

WIFi 5G: 5.15GHz~5.25GHz(Band 1) for indoor

only use.

The company reserves the right to amend the specication without notice.

Output power

Headphone socket

Aux In socket

Line Out socket

Aerial System DAB

1W+1W

3.5 mm diameter, stereo

3.5mm diameter, stereo

Telescopic aerial

If at any time in the future you should need to dispose of this product please note that: Waste electrical products should not be disposed of with household waste. Please recycle where facilities exist. Check with your Local Authority or retailer for recycling advice. (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive)

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